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tahir

Tiling Access Panel

We've got the tiler in at the moment, because of our low flush eco bogs and the various fat ducts hidden in walls most tiled rooms will need access panels. Tiler says he knows nothing about them, I have to buy them and fit them and he'll tile into em.

Funny enough I don't know anything about them either, is something like this OK, anything I need to be aware of?

http://tinyurl.com/bnofnrm
sean

No idea. Looks as though it should be OK, presumably you'll only want occasional access.
Why are you ducting various fats around your house?
tahir

Why are you ducting various fats around your house?


Why not?
Gervase

Don't use anything that can expand when damp - use Knauf aquapanel or a similar rigid, non-hygroscopic wallboard. I had to do a job recently where someone had made access panels in a bathroom out of MDF and they'd expanded and warped beyond belief, flinging tiles across the room. They all had to be remade and retiled (and finding new tiles to match the existing ones was a total 'mare).
onemanband

Or how about pre-made access panels - like a small plastic loft hatch - like this -
http://www.screwfix.com/p/access-panel-200-x-150mm/20924?cm_mmc=Google-_-Product%20Listing%20Ads-_-Sales%20Tracking-_-sales%20tracking%20url&gclid=CMOykcLS27ECFYYNfAodilgAfw

Can't vouch for quality of screwfix panels as I've not bought theirs - just the first to come up in search.

Yeh not as nice as a well done tiled hatch, but much easier to fit and looks better than a badly done tiled hatch.
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