Horizontal 15mm plywood?

[FrippeFlyer]

Hello...
A thought that came up now that I'm renovating a small toilet.
The toilet is small, and it will be a bit tricky to install plywood in full length from floor to ceiling... but it does work to install the plywood horizontally, right?
(The drywall will be vertical, though)

/Frippe

 

[MathiasS]

Yes, but I would make sure to splice on rule, regardless of which direction the boards are facing. However, I am not well-versed in säkervatten.

 

[Rickard.]

Is it a toilet or a bathroom?

Yes, that's fine but according to the "safe wet room wall" the joints should always fall over a stud (or equivalent) so if you want to follow it 100% you have to add a noggin, if you want to hang something heavy nearby like a sink it's probably wise to do it anyway even if you don't choose to follow exactly.

 

[FrippeFlyer]

Is it a toilet or a bathroom?

Yes, it is fine, but according to the "secure wet room wall," the seams should always be over a stud (or equivalent), so if you want to follow it 100%, you need to add nogging. If you want to hang something heavy nearby, like a sink, it's probably wise to do it anyway, even if you don't choose to follow exactly.

Hello

Thanks for the response. It's not a bathroom, just a small guest toilet. I will add nogging. It's old walls with varying center-to-center measurements between the studs, so regardless of horizontal or vertical, I need to add studs. However, it's more convenient for me to have smaller boards than 2450 and place the plywood horizontally...


/F

 

[Rickard.]

Hello

Thanks for the response. It's not a bathroom, just a small guest toilet. I will do some framing. The walls are old with varying cc-measurements between the studs so regardless of horizontal or vertical, I need to add studs.
However, it will be smoother for me to have smaller boards than 2450 and place the plywood horizontally...


/F

Then 15mm plywood is already "overkill" as it is, so do what feels good, and it will be fine. A toilet doesn't have wet room walls

 

[FrippeFlyer]

Then 15mm plywood is already "overkill" as it is, so do it in a way that feels right, and it will be fine. A toilet doesn't have wet room walls

Yes... I agree that 15mm is overkill, but the tiler wants it that way...


/F

 

[MathiasS]

You're still going to need a sink, wall plate, etc., I assume, it's perfect to use wall plugs when you're screwing things up. Worth the money and effort many times over.