For any wet room, the basis of its creation starts

Some effective planning has to be undertaken before the development of wet rooms. There are many companies in the UK, which provide a full range of solutions to create your dream wet room. There are certain easy steps, which have to be followed while planning a wet room project.

The first basic step is to ensure that the surface is stable or not. After ensuring the stability of the surface, the next step is to locate the power and water points prior to establishing the positioning of wet room floor drain and shower tray. Make sure that you also check that the drain outlet has sufficient enough fall and there is no obstruction in the way. You also have to check appropriate waterproofing techniques for your floors and wet room walls.

Ventilation of the wet room also has to be given significant importance. There are certain items available in the market which helps in effective ventilation of the wet rooms. The most popular item used for ventilation of the wet room is timer functionality. This technique is useful when the door is closed along with lights and shower being turned off. Hence, the room becomes comfortable and dry for the next time to use. As compared to the ordinary extractor fans, safety extra-low voltage features extractor fans can be fitted in splash areas or in any other damp conditions.

If the contractor of wet rooms fails to prevent water penetration through ceramic tiles in shower or bath rooms along with inefficient wet room waterproofing, then it may cause water pooling, leaks, grout failure and substrate movements. Due to such inconveniences all the people in the home may become tired and frustrated.

The ideal watertight solution is RIW tilesafe, which is a new concept in waterproofing. RIW tilesafe has been specifically developed for use with modular products constructions such as chipboard, plywood and plasterboard. Tilesafes come in 10m2 and 5m2 kits, along with all the components for completion of waterproofing the wet room. Each kit of tilesafe comes with tilesafe membrane, tilesafe reinforcing tape, Tilesafe primer, tilesafe jointing compound, Tilesafe putty, and preformed corners.

The width of Tilesafe membrane is 1 metre, and it is a self-adhesive waterproof membrane which consists of a 2mm thick rubberized layer. Tilesafe membrane also incorporates on one side a woven glass fibre mesh. Tilesafe Reinforcing Tape is a 1mm thick self-adhesive tape which is used for reinforcing all floor and wall junctions, other detail work in the membrane and butt joints. The width of Tilesafe Reinforcing Tape is 150mm. Prior to the application of reinforcing tape and tilesafe membrane Tilesafe primer is used which is a quick drying acrylic primer.