suitable bath panel material

[kevin77]

Whats the best material for a bath panel cut to size from sheet. hardboard plywood mdf other? Want something that wont 'soak up' the water and warp too much. Thanks

[Peter Ashby]

Well ours is a veneered mdf, fairly high density with a routed pattern in it. It predates us and is stable (though only looks ok). Hardboard I wouldn't use, too flimsy and will blow when wet. Ply would be a good choice if you find some nice stuff (stay away from the Shed ply). You can dress it up without exposing the edge by sticking on some moulding.

Peter

[Jonathan Pearson]

We used 12 mm Ply then tiled flush with same as ones on wall - looks very neat n best of all cheap! Jon

[StealthUK]

Mdf is fine providing it's well sealed before fixing.

[Gordon Henderson]

We have a large bath (1800mm long) and none of the very few panels we found for it were any good - we wanted a panel that would go the full width if the room (bath is 8" narrower than the bathroom and fits neatly on the back wall!)

So I ended up with a couple of bits of MDF, primed and glossed and held in with mirror screws... I'm not 100 happy with it and know of a local (ish) place (Newton Abbot) who cut acrylic sheet to size - however, a bit of 5mm sheet is going to cost us £70, so maybe not thin month. (FWIW: Thats not farr off the price of a 1mm mounded plastic bath panel though)

Gordon

[quisquiliae]

Aquapanel with tiles on top.

[Old Bill]

A relative used something like that. It was around 25mm thick and specially made for bath panel use complete with fixings. It was nice but bloody expensive. I think he paid >£50 for the panel alone. I just use 12mm exterior ply and tile on top.