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I've been involved with waterproofing goods for wet rooms for over 15 years. During this time I've received numerous phone calls and e-mails from folks who have wanted a wet room but have already been told by their builder / friend / dog sitter's neighbour! "You can not possess a wet room on a second story". I'd prefer to point out, when and for all, that yes, you are able to develop a wet room around the very first floor, second floor or any other floor. You are able to also produce a wet room on a wooden floor in addition to on concrete floors. Yes it may be done, no it's not difficult and no you will not get leaks (offering the function is carried out properly).
In taking a look at the benefits and drawbacks of this concern, it's fascinating to consider the primary variations in between a conventional shower region and a wet room.
Using a standard shower region the shower tray itself is waterproof, however the rest from the room is usually not waterproofed at all. Any water that by-passes the confines from the tray has no way of getting into the waste system and can instead leak through into the floorspace, rotting timbers or leaking into rooms beneath. When the shower is initial installed you would hope that the installation will be watertight, nonetheless over the years silicone sealant becomes hard and less flexible, grout in between tiles can crack and "water resistant" tile adhesive can break down. Many, a lot of people over the years have had problems with leaking showers, and normally by the time the issue is discovered a great deal of water damage has already occurred.
We are able to contrast the above using a properly installed wet room. Firstly the trapped waste outlet is installed at floor level. The floor is sloped down slightly (slope to falls) to make a gradient towards the waste. As water naturally wants to run downwards we are able to understand that offering it is contained, the water will run for the lowest point inside the room, exactly where it'll enter the shower outlet and also the waste water program. There is no way for water to bypass the waste outlet. The key towards the good results of this arrangement is waterproofing (also called tanking). All wet rooms has to be tanked, this ought to extend for the complete floor area, using a turn up of a minimum of 100mm on towards the walls. All walls inside the instant shower region should be tanked floor to ceiling. Within this way any water that seeps by means of the tiling will likely be contained by the waterproofing. It will run downwards and can harmlessly enter the drainage system. We can as a result deduce that a wet room is a very safe proposition in comparison to standard shower installations.
With regards to the ease of creating a wet room, the most difficult thing in people's minds appears to be creating the "slope to falls". This could be really demanding if undertaking all of the joinery from scratch, nevertheless the smart way of achieving the required "falls" is by utilizing a Shower Tray Former. A shower Tray Former (also referred to as a "hidden shower tray") is actually a pre-manufactured tray with the gradient currently built in. They may be typically flat on the back and match directly more than the floor joists, using a sloped front surface. The ones I'm familiar with are created from environmentally friendly Birch Ply and are rebated prepared to set up the integrated wet room waste outlet. As soon as the tray is installed it is then waterproofed along with the rest from the floor, and can be tiled over, providing a continuity of style across the whole floor. All you will see from the former in the finished floor will be the grating, every thing else is hidden.
When tiling over a wooden floor it's essential that the floor is rigid. If there is certainly any "bounce" inside the floor, then this may have to be eliminated by using additional "noggins"(added joist installed between the existing joists, at a 90 degree angle). The flooring build up also must be really thick, I'd recommend a minimum floor board specification of 20mm WBP Plywood, but 24mm is even better!
The waterproofing system used should be of a sort specifically developed for wet rooms. Normally they consist of a liquid rubber paste with added re-enforcing tapes, sleeves and cloaks for wall to floor junctions, pipe penetrations and corners. The waterproofing must be flexible, extremely temperature stable and breathable, inside the European Union such waterproofing systems should conform to ETAG 22 and carry the CE markings.
