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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 of

the 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 pieces

give 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.uk

Schlüter Solutions Help to Create Statement

Surrey Wetroom