Any one used Marmox boards?

[Leaway]

Any one used or heard of Marmox boards for showers / wet rooms instead of plasterboard?

My plumber has recommended to use instead of water resistant plasterboard but i must admit i've never heard of it.

[Temp]

I've not used Marmox but have used Wedi board which I think is similar if not identical. It's a blue foam board with a thin layer of cement and fibre glass mesh on each side. I used it to clad a wash stand before tiling. Very easy to cut and fix. Has insulating properties. The main issue I see is what happens when retiling. I've not tried but I think it would be hard to get the tiles off without chunks of the board coming with it?

 

Our bathroom is stone clad so our man recommended Hardiebacker board...

 

http://www.jameshardie.co.uk/hardiebacker-12mm-cement-board

 

The 12mm version is very strong and quite hard to cut. I think they recommend scoring and snapping. Our man went through a large number of disposable hand saws and electric jig saw blades as it blunts tools quickly.

 

I reckon it would be possible to fix things to Hardibacker without having to find studs. Would be harder/difficult to fix things to Marmox/Wedi. I glued in wooden blocks where I knew I would have to fix things to the washstand.

 

 

Edited July 25, 2016 by Temp

[warby]

My friend has a decorative board that eliminates completely the requirement to tile, hence a significant saving. They look great and he has no problems with mould, and being without tiles no grout discolouring. 

I will definitely be using Marmox or similar on the next bathroom I tackle. Jeremy Harris used them/similar but I can't find a link to his write up at present. 

Could use Jackoboard (http://www.jackon-insulation.com/en/jackoboard/products/jackoboard-aqua-line-pro/), and others like Schluter (http://www.kerdi-board.co.uk/).

I just know the names from research but have no idea how good they are.

[Gone West]

I would second 12mm Hardiebacker boards which I used in my bathrooms. I also got through a few circular saw blades cutting it, but once fitted it doesn't move.

[Leaway]

thanks for the responses i'm going for the pvc shower wall so don't need the super strength hardiebacker by the sounds of it. I'll definitely look in to the other suggestions.

 

[Nickfromwales]

Plasterboard, and tank it. Cheap, simple, and bombproof.