Using a fibreglass roofing kit on a bathroom floor.

Aug 29, 2016 8 Replies

I recently did a flat roof in fibreglass and am very happy with the result. I now want to create a wet area in my bathroom which is below ground, the floor is screeded. Can anyone see any problems with me just fibreglassing over the screed?



Thanks



Brendan.


Needless to say I am not worried about how it looks, just that it works.

Find an active boating group. There are a lot of boats made with various fibres and resins. You should be able to get hints on how to make it properly waterproof and not too slippery.

Andy

I presume you'd be better off resinning it, fibreglass not required. It does mean any damp coming up will be concentrated at the edges, with the risk of causing damp brickwork. Bitumen does the same job cheaper.

NT

I've removed the skirting and the bottom row of tiles and am planning to re turn the fibreglass up the walls a bit, hopefully the glass mat will give t he resin something to cling to as well as providing a textured not very sli ppery surface. The whole place is damp already.

return the fibreglass up the walls a bit, hopefully the glass mat will give the resin something to cling to as well as providing a textured not very s lippery surface. The whole place is damp already.

ISTR resin on glassfibre leaving sharp bits sticking out here & there, but memory probably rusty on that.

If you want to have grip you'd do better with a light sprinkle of fine sand than using glass. Concrete doesn't need the glass.

NT

return the fibreglass up the walls a bit, hopefully the glass mat will give the resin something to cling to as well as providing a textured not very s lippery surface. The whole place is damp already.

If it's damp,the last thing you want to be doing is covering it up.

Boats tend to be made in moulds though so I'm not sure you could do this on a floor. also and I'm reaching back in memory here, there was something about its pliability if it was not supported properly or under strain causing cracking, but it was a long time ago, and maybe materials have improved. It certainly pongs though. Brian

Thank you all. That's the one thing I didn't think of, it's going to stink and it's an en-suite. Too late now, I will just have to take measures.

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