Plywood or MR board on stud

[Super_Paulie]

Any thoughts on this. 

 

I was going to just plywood over this before tiling so I've got strength for fixing wall mounted units. 

 

But I could also recess the plywood between each stud and then MR board over the top of that. 

 

Any benefits or just making work for myself?

 

[BotusBuild]

Apart from someone missing the pan, what is the chance of that getting splashed?

 

Plywood should he fine IMHO

[Super_Paulie]

5 minutes ago, BotusBuild said:

Apart from someone missing the pan, what is the chance of that getting splashed?

 

Plywood should he fine IMHO

 

Basin will be on top of the wall hung vanity, sat on top of a worktop though.

[BotusBuild]

Your tiling the wall and putting a vanity unit in front of it. I think you've got it covered 😀

Seriously, I think you'll be OK with plywood and tiles. Prime and/or seal the plywood before tiling.

You could always put a couple of coats of tanking before tiling to be sure, to be sure.

[Super_Paulie]

Just making work for myself ain't I. Seen online that people double up the board but I guess that's more for sound reduction from the flush and waste. Deffo need plywood in some capacity to hold the wall hung unit, which I currently don't have so can't position it up.

[Nickfromwales]

Just use plasterboard, and ONLY use ply if you are then going to plasterboard it.

 

Current clients MBC TF project here:

 

 

 

Doorway 'sides' beefed up as the wall is high (vaulted ceilings) and I dislike wobbly walls with doors slamming and tiles / grout having to cope.

 

Where the box of screws is, is where the wall mounted basin tap will reside, hence the 'letterbox' opening. I remanufactured this wall (after it was delivered by the good peeps at MBC) to suit the intended bathroom layout / bespoke design, and the bit of 9" x 2" timber you see under that will catch the two brackets of the wall hung vanity unit (1000mm wide) so you can swing off it.

 

I added a section of 18mm OSB where the vanity mirror and wall mounted lights will reside.

 

@Super_Paulie, work out where the vanity brackets go and add timber there only, and you'll be fine.