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A
complete Schlüter-WETROOM
system, along with a number of other
Schlüter products, helped in the
creation of a sophisticated wetroom at a
luxury home in Esher, Surrey.
The owner was embarking upon a
renovation and extension of his existing
home. This included a refurbishment of the
residence’s 4.8m x 2.7m master en-suite.
Enlisting the services of Quell Bathrooms,
the client set out the fundamentals of what he
wanted – bath, shower and double basin with
storage. He then gave free reign to Managing
Director of Quell, Vincent Pope, to come up
with a few ideas from which the final design
was selected.
The resulting wetroom utilised a number
of different products from Schlüter-Systems,
in order to ensure a sound finish for the
client’s considerable investment.AREA: Floor (drainage) and walls
ACTION: Minimalist drainage and
complete waterproofing underlay
Integrated linear drain wetroom kit,
Schlüter-KERDI-LINE-WRKL, was used to
provide guaranteed waterproofing and
drainage for the bathroom.
This kit consists of a waterproofing and
sealing kit, shower boards, drainage channel
and support plus a tile support grate.
The waterproofing and sealing kit contains
Schlüter-KERDI waterproofing membrane,
plus Schlüter-KERDI-KEBA sealing band,
Schlüter-KERDI-KERECK pre-formed corner
pieces and Schlüter-KERDI-COLL sealing
adhesive. The KERDI membrane from the kit
was used to waterproof the back wall and
around the shower wall. The rest of the room
was done out with Schlüter-KERDI-BOARD
waterproof backerboard in 10mm thickness.
All joints and junctions were sealed with the
aforementioned set of sealing products.
The 800mm linear drainage channel was
installed in an intermediate location,
sloped to from both sides using the
Schlüter-KERDI-SHOWER-L and Schlüter-
KERDI-SHOWER-LS pre-sloped shower
boards. The drain is designed to be tiled to
in-line with the rest of the floor – in this
case with wood-effect tiles – resulting in a
discreet solution.
“Since we started using Schlüter’s wetroom
kits three years’ ago, we’ve had none ofthe problems we would get previously”,
says Vincent, “We wouldn’t deviate from
them now as they offer a comprehensive
and trustworthy solution to prepping
a wetroom”.AREA: Floor
ACTION: Providing heated
surfaces across the room
The timber floors of the project had already
been insulated, so Vincent installed the
original Schlüter-DITRA-HEAT-E electric
underfloor heating system. “It’s great that you
can use this system throughout the whole of
a room, including the shower area”, says
Vincent, “Often this isn’t an option with
other systems”.
Continues Vincent, “In refurbishment
work, it’s always a struggle to keep
floor build-ups low – but with the Schlüter-
DITRA-HEAT-E system, all build-up is
contained within the height of the membrane
so there are no unexpected surprises”.AREA: Walls (wood-effect tiling)
ACTION: Providing appropriate
edge finishing for external
corners
Vincent used chrome-plated brass finishing
profile, Schlüter-QUADEC-MC, to provide
finishing against the wood-effect wall
tiles. He also used the matching
Schlüter-QUADEC-MC/EV corner pieces to
finish the corners of the 1-metre-high shower
wall. “Schlüter trims give a great finish for tile
edges and neatly cover the edge of tile”,
comments Vincent, “Plus the corner piecesgive a good looking finish that avoids sharp
edges – important as we were finishing a
low wall that could be a source of injury if
finished with mitring”.AREA: Walls (white ceramic
tiling)
ACTION: Providing appropriate
edge finishing for external
corners
Schlüter-JOLLY-AC in a Matte Brilliant
White (MBW) finish was used to finish edges
in wall areas where 1000mm x 330mm
ceramic tiles were installed, including around
window reveals and product boxing. Three
quarters of the edges of Quell’s custom-built
niches for the project were also edged with
the MBW trims, with QUADEC-MC to the
inside edge of each as part of a wood-effect
feature shower wall.
Schlüter was able to provide many of the
solutions needed for Quell to give their client
a statement bathroom to be proud of. For
more information on how Schlüter can help
with your tile and stone projects call 01530
813396, email [email protected] or visit
http://www.schluterspecifier.co.uk.
Operating across the whole of the South
East of England, Quell offers luxury
bathrooms designed and installed to the
highest standard. Creating everything from
extravagantly charming bathrooms through
to stripped-back modern wetrooms, they take
your spaces to the next level. For more
information, visit http://www.quellbathrooms.com.
01530 813396 http://www.schluterspecifier.co.ukSchlüter Solutions Help to Create Statement
Surrey Wetroom
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