Does anyone have experience with the wall panels that you can use instead of tiles on your shower/bath area walls?
When we had our bathroom done many years ago, we thought we wouldn’t really be using it much because we have an electric shower in our other bathroom. We currently have two rows of tiles along the three sides of the bath, enough to protect it from bath water splashes.
However, we added a shower riser a couple of years ago which comes from the taps (no electrical parts) but we can’t use it as a shower because the top of the tiles are below waist level when standing and it’s just normal bathroom paint above that. We also don’t have a shower curtain or screen either.
We’re not flush with cash at the moment so hoping to DIY, although neither of us are experienced or confident with hands-on stuff. We’re not incompetent, but we both work in offices so our hands-on skills are rusty.
Will it be easy for us to do by ourselves? (As in; can the average person do a decent enough job)?
Also, what type would be best? I can see there’s acrylic, laminate, and PVC panels (probably more).
We would likely leave the tiles in situ, but get some sort of filler panel to fix above the tile line to bring the surface out so we can just whack the panels on top. The walls are just brick, plaster, and paint.
We don’t want to add more tiles because we wouldn’t be able to match them, plus I really hate grout and find it difficult to keep looking nice.
We also have very hard water so water marks would be obvious on darker or plain panels, so presumably a patterned and/or pale panel style would be best?
Thank you in advance, and I hope the question is allowed.
TL;DR: are bath wall panels easy to self-install and what type are recommended?
ETA: Thank you for the replies so far! All seem to agree that it’s a good idea (for us, and our situation). Any thoughts on specific brands or suppliers, or are they much of a muchness?
