Hello everyone, what alternatives to traditional tiles can you recommend? Long-term experiences would be especially helpful. Or is there really no way around the good old tile?
The walk-in showers will be fully tiled. In the bathrooms, we are planning to use luxury vinyl flooring on the floor. We originally didn’t want to install tiles around the bathtub, toilet, and sink. Our painter friend advised against this and recommended tiles instead. According to him, all the paint colors he knows would have a gloss and therefore look different from the rest of the wall areas.
In a neighbor’s shower, the sloped wall was not tiled. The shower is also brand new. There, the wall was simply painted, and according to their painter, it works fine. If I remember correctly, the wall was not glossy.
The walk-in showers will be fully tiled. In the bathrooms, we are planning to use luxury vinyl flooring on the floor. We originally didn’t want to install tiles around the bathtub, toilet, and sink. Our painter friend advised against this and recommended tiles instead. According to him, all the paint colors he knows would have a gloss and therefore look different from the rest of the wall areas.
In a neighbor’s shower, the sloped wall was not tiled. The shower is also brand new. There, the wall was simply painted, and according to their painter, it works fine. If I remember correctly, the wall was not glossy.
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hampshire7 Apr 2020 19:02rick2018 schrieb:
There are specific colors for that. And it’s a myth that walls breathe. Of course, walls do not breathe. They can regulate moisture to varying degrees. That’s often what is meant by “breathable.” This is particularly helpful if you don’t want a ventilation system.
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dankon7gookoel18 Apr 2020 17:52rick2018 schrieb:
There are appropriate colors for that. And it’s a myth that walls breathe.
Don’t you have a ventilation system? Hello everyone,
We might be planning something similar for our guest bathroom. Here, you can save on tiling if there’s no shower or similar features.
We have a guest toilet of about 1.5 square meters (16 square feet) that we would actually like to leave untiled. We are also interested in the type of paint. In our current rental apartment, we have latex paint around the dining area, and we like it – our kids do as well.
Advantages and disadvantages of the options
Advantages of tiles
- Easy to clean
- No staining (for example, grease splashes from hand soap)
- Extremely water-resistant
- Aesthetically matches ceramic of toilet and washbasin
- Can be kept completely dust-free
- Natural stone tiles have unique texture and appearance
- Antistatic
Disadvantages of tiles
- Long-term commitment to decoration or
- Considerable effort when replacing or repainting
- No effect on indoor air quality
- Can act as sound membranes and amplify echoes
Advantages of paint
- Not limited by available decorative patterns
- Can be chosen as washable
- Can have a positive impact on indoor air quality (breathable/diffusion-open)
- Can visually enlarge the room
Disadvantages of paint
- Not stain-proof (splash water, soap splashes)
- Difficult to clean
- Lower gloss level than tiles
- Can attract dust
Types of paint and properties
Even though splash water exposure in a guest toilet is limited, a water-resistant wall paint can eliminate this small risk of staining. Water-resistant paints include:
- Latex paint
- Acrylic and synthetic resin paints
- Silicate paints (diffusion-open with indoor air quality benefits)
Best regards, Dan
A fiberglass wallpaper sealed with latex is commonly used in bathrooms in Scandinavia. Today, latex is actually an acrylic dispersion. Genuine latex made from rubber tree sap is no longer available on the market as far as I know. In our homes, we use fiberglass and Stocryl in kitchens and bathrooms. Tiles are only installed in the actual shower area and above the washbasin. This approach has proven effective. The fiberglass is glued, not pasted—be careful, this is not a task for beginners.
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