Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry Re: What tiles for shower base? 2Sep 30, 2016 11:19 am Polished porcelain is fine to use in wet areas. So much easier to clean. Can get slippery when wet for the elderly. Honed is ok too but can be hard to clean after time. Re: What tiles for shower base? 3Oct 01, 2016 6:56 pm Thanks for your reply. I did a forum search and nothing relevant came up, but a quick Google had heaps of results on the topic on these forums. Like others my concern is the slipperiness of polished porcelain but you can't beat the way it looks. ? --- Watch out! I'm verbose. Re: What tiles for shower base? 4Oct 04, 2016 9:04 am purrfection Thanks for your reply. I did a forum search and nothing relevant came up, but a quick Google had heaps of results on the topic on these forums. Like others my concern is the slipperiness of polished porcelain but you can't beat the way it looks. ? It is not really that slippery when wet. I have seen hundreds of polished porcelains in showers and no complaints from the owners. I have seen poly marble shower bases last in excess of 30 years 1 4517 I've filled, levelled and compacted around 100mm of roadbase in preparation to lay some outdoor court tiles. Prior to doing the final compaction, I dusted the top with… 0 3050 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9568 |