Bathrooms

[stevewool]

Has anyone fitted or had it fitted to there walls in there bathroom shower panels instead of tiles , I have stayed in many hotels now where there is like a wet room with these panels fitted all around rather then tiles and I know you can fit them yourself too with just a little diy knowledge, but never fitted them or will they be available over in the Philippines too.

[Old55]

Could you link to the product please? Not exactly sure what you mean Steve.

[stevewool]

Here is what I am trying to get URLhttps://www.diy.com/departments/bathroom/wet-rooms/bathroom-wall-panels/DIY1411676.cat

[Mike J]

2 hours ago, stevewool said:

Here is what I am trying to get URLhttps://www.diy.com/departments/bathroom/wet-rooms/bathroom-wall-panels/DIY1411676.cat

I have never seen them here.  I wonder if they would even work given the low water pressure in so many areas.  Also the water here is quite hard with a LOT of lime that could plug the water jets.  I need to remove and soak our rain style shower head and hand held unit in vinegar to clear the jets about every 4-5 weeks.  Our units look kind of like this.

[Tommy T.]

Mike... would installing a filter or multiple filters be effective to minimize or eliminate lime deposits? We have the same issue here but not as serious as yours sounds.

[Huggybearman]

3 hours ago, Tommy T. said:

Mike... would installing a filter or multiple filters be effective to minimize or eliminate lime deposits? We have the same issue here but not as serious as yours sounds.

They do calcium filters in ACE hardware. But they are very expensive. The manual version is around 47k php and the automatic version about 57k php. But that also includes the brine tank and pump. There are smaller calcium filters, similar in size to the Sand and Carbon filters, but in my experience they are pretty useless. To effectively remove the calcium I have been advised the large one is the one that will do the job. 

Here in CDO we have very hard water. I may well have to invest in one as the limescale really badly affects everything it touches and is nigh on impossible to keep clean.

Ken

Edited November 13, 2019 by Huggybearman

[Gary D]

22 minutes ago, Huggybearman said:

They do calcium filters in ACE hardware. But they are very expensive. The manual version is around 47k php and the automatic version about 57k php. But that also includes the brine tank and pump. There are smaller calcium filters, similar in size to the Sand and Carbon filters, but in my experience they are pretty useless. To effectively remove the calcium I have been advised the large one is the one that will do the job. 

Here in CDO we have very hard water. I may well have to invest in one as the limescale really badly affects everything it touches and is nigh on impossible to keep clean.

Ken

At that cost it would be cheaper to BBbox a water softener, would the salt be available here though.

[Tommy T.]

8 minutes ago, Huggybearman said:

Here in CDO we have very hard water. I may well have to invest in one as the limescale really badly affects everything it touches and is nigh on impossible to keep clean.

 

Yow! You are right about that being expensive. Plus I assume there would be maintenance and filter and chemical replacements too? I can clean or replace a lot of shower heads and other plumbing before I would pay for that, I think.

And we have the same situation here - always water stains on everything and the toilet looks nasty no matter what cleaners I have tried or how hard I scrub...

[bob1965]

I don’t think steve means the shower. Rather the plastic wall covers. In place of tiling the wall.

[hk blues]

I am totally confused - Steve has posted a link to shower enclosure panels and the replies relate to shower heads!