Hello,
can any type of mirror be used in a bathroom.
The reason I ask is that I have 6 large square mirrors from ikea that I would like to
tile into my bathroom wall, i.e. instead of tiles I would like to glue the mirrors there in
place and grout round them
Would this be a problem
Thanks in advance
The only thing that I can think which might be a problem is damp getting in the edges and discolouring the reflecting layer. At least I read that somewhere. I think you might have to seal the edges with something say varnish or a bathroom sealant before tiling.
The toilets at my place of work have mirrors like this. Seems to work OK, but it's only been built a couple of years.
The mirrors I had put in my bathroom are on opposite walls to each other run the length of the walls and are each 2.5 ft in height. The tiling was done first and the tiles were measured and cut to match the spaces where there were no tiles. The mirrors came from a glass merchants and had a vinyl type backing to protect the mirror finish and also keep the glass in place in case they broke. The mirrors were glued in place onto the plasterboard walls using mirror adhesive and then the edges were grouted where they butted up to the tiles. Worked well.
Ash
JA
you seem to have done exactly what I want to do.
I will give my glass merchant a ring to see how cheap it would be, otherwise I might just chance
my arm.
Cheers everyone
No, but these days the only type of mirror you're likely to find is suitable for bathrooms. It has an extra plastic film on the back, over the silvering. This protects it from condensation (old bathroom mirrors often started to lose their silvering in patches around the edges). It also protects it from adhesives, which was another very quick way to destroy a mirror.
The recommended adhesive is something like Screwfix's mirror mastic. This works, and it also doesn't strip the silvering.
Slightly OT, but could such a mirror be stuck to tiles, reasonably safely?
And would it be possible to remove it later?
If your tiles are old and scabby enough to hide, my main concern would be the tiles staying on the wall, given the extra weight of the mirror.
Sticky foam pads / tape can be used to hold mirrors up, and they're easily removed by sawing them out afterwards with a length of fishing line.
Tends to give a bit of an ugly gap around the mirror edge though.
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