I do a lot of exterior showers down here on the island. Most carpenters just frame out ACQ and put a T-111 siding up, leaving the interior of the shower open framing. More and more, clients want an upgraded shower. I did one this past season with cedar clapboard on the exterior with Azek beadboard around the entire interior. It came out real nice, but it was VERY expensive.
Can anyone recommend a siding for the interior of the shower that I can use to dress it up. The Azek was beautiful, but at $45 an 18′ board, that gets REAL expensive really fast. Is there and exterior grade beadboard in a 4×8 sheet anywhere? That might work and I am sure would be much less expensive. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Brian, Bayview Renovations
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I've read that Hardie makes a T-11 style siding product. Have never seen it, though.
Plastic laminate? Have to detail the corners pretty well so you didn't get delamination from the substrate, but I think it must be workable somehow.
But it's never going to look as nice as beadboard.
MERC.
Of course, there's what's known as "tileboard" (not to be confused with tile underlayment). It's a hardboard paneling with a laminated plastic surface. Comes in a number of different designs, some embossed as beadboard. (The "tileboard" name comes from the common practice of embossing it to look like ceramic tile.) It's the stuff they do the bathrooms in gas stations with.
It certainly won't hold up as well as decent quality acrylic surround material, eg, but is cheap enough that it can be replaced every 5 years or so if it deteriorates.
Dan: I once used it in an interior shower. Lasted only 9 months before it started delaminating.I say give the client the choice - let them decide whether they want quality or schlock. Then they can't bellyache about cost.DonThe GlassMasterworks - If it scratches, I etch it!
Yeah, the durability of tileboard will depend a lot on whether spray directly impinges on it, and how well protected the raw edges are from getting wet/soaking. Under the right circumstances it will hold up several years, and won't begin to deteriorate until the plastic surface starts cracking.
corrugated roofing material.............you can be very creative.
Eric
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Buddy of mine used fencing components (pvc/vinyl, not sure of material) butted tight to make an outdoor shower, looks great inside and out and will last forever.
Actually, plastic decking, hung vertically, might not be too bad.
I know I have sen a vinyl beadboard used as porch ceiling.
stephen
I would do it in a scaled-down board-and-batten pattern, using CVG redwood. Copper nails, one only at the center of each, at the horizontal backer girts.
But that's me. I always go first for the classic look and feel, damn the expense.
I did mine with vertical Fiberon decking butted almost tight for privacy and some pvc beadboard (I think it was Permatrim) that was left over from a porch ceiling. Looks nice, should last long time.
If you do decide on vertical decking, each piece is heavy and slippery so it's easiest to make a little holding jig that hangs off the lowest horizontal framing member.
I also attached the valve and showerhead to one piece of the vertical decking with threaded hose fittings attached. Then I used ss braided washing machine supply hoses to attach to the hot and cold frostproof sillcocks.
In the fall the one piece of vertical decking is unscrewed with the two screws holding it to the horizontal framing members, unscrew the hoses from the sillcocks and carry the whole thing inside so there's no freeze damage. Takes about three minutes and it's good insurance.
have fun!
Any chance you have a picture of this? It sounds great! I'm constructing my own right now as well.
I like the corregated metal idea too.
Anybody have suggestions for creative shower pans? Mine will be on an elevated deck, perhaps diverting the shower water to grey water collection (aka, the garden).
FRP... cut it to resemble lap....
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Don't know if it will work for your needs, nor exactly how long it would last, but as already mentioned, Hardi does make several styles of 4x8 panels, My Blowes has both the T111 style as well as one than mimicks stucco...about $30 or a bit less per panel. It is primed so you will need to paint it for long term use.
Edited 1/6/2005 7:12 pm ET by ikor
how bout glass? around here you can usually get all the aim slide'n glass doors you want... they are tempered and in an alum frame... you could sandbast the glass amd maybe build a frame out of the high$ wood to hide the alum...
prob not something i'd do for a customer but it might work for a lake house or something... i do like the galv metal idea...
pony
You might consider pre-painted metal roofing. I get this cut to length in a wide choice of colors. It covers 3Ft.
You could build it round and use the metal inside and out.
They use a world of this stuff here in North Georgia.
Went to a sports bar last night that had the entire ceiling done with brown metal roofing (20 ft long panels)
BTW If you hear thunder get out of the shower.