Materials for enclosing pipes & ducts in the basement?

[Lilienberg]

Hello

I'm planning to build a small bathroom in the basement where currently, a sewage pipe runs through from the upper floor in one corner and the collector pipes for the geothermal heat are in the other end of the room.

What materials should be used to enclose these pipes? I don't want to use drywall because it will be built adjacent to the basement's exterior walls (moisture).

I've considered something like Minerit, but for some reason, it says these aren't suitable to be tiled over.

What material is typically used to enclose bathtubs and the like? Could that work for me?

 

[jon_h]

Hi there

I'm planning to build a small bathroom in the basement where currently a drain pipe from the upper floor passes in one corner and the collector pipes for the geothermal heat are in the other end of the room.

What material should be used to enclose these pipes? I don't want to use gypsum because it will be built adjacent to the outer basement walls (moisture).

I've looked at something like Minerit, but for some reason, it says that these aren't suitable for tiling.

What material is used when building around bathtubs and such? Could that be suitable for me?

Use another fiber cement board, such as masterboard. The reason Minerit does not approve tiling on their regular boards is that they have a special board for tiling, Minerit VT. It is much more expensive, and of course, it would have worked with their regular board too. Pure deception.

The other board you're talking about is the Lux board, or equivalent. Works perfectly for what you're about to do, and you also avoid using studs if you use their 50 mm board, which you can simply glue up. Also very expensive.

 

[Lilienberg]

Oh quick response. Thanks.

Who sells these different boards? I haven't seen any at the usual budget hardware stores - like Bauhaus, Silvan, and Byggmax.

 

[jon_h]

Oh quick reply. Thank you.

Who sells these different boards? I haven't seen any at the regular budget hardware stores - like Bauhaus, Silvan and Byggmax

There are usually such boards at the hardware stores, at least boards of that type, but with slightly different brand names.

 

[Lilienberg]

Lux even has special "rörbeklädnader"

LUX ELEMENTS®- TEC - Universally applicable cladding elements