Tunbridge New Build Bathrooms

Top flight porcelain specialist picks Multiboard for performance benefits

A Maidstone based specialist tiling contractor, which fits out exclusive bathrooms using large format porcelain sheets, has come to depend on the multiple performance benefits of Marmox Multiboard as the company carries out the projects across Kent and Sussex for clients who demand the highest of standards.

J. Jupp Tiling was set up by Josh Jupp 7 years ago to target the top end of the residential market. Working on recommendation for the property owners as well as the developers of bespoke properties, he typically takes three weeks to complete each bathroom and expects to be working on the current contract - a five-bedroom new-build, barn style holiday home near Tunbridge Wells – for up to six months. The challenge there involves sheathing the lightweight metal stud partitions with 19mm plywood, followed by 12.5mm Marmox Multiboard to provide a stable, waterproof substrate to secure the 6mm thick grey porcelain.

Josh Jupp commented: “I have been using Multiboard and the accessory products including the washers, tape and 360 sealant since I started in this business – it’s a really good all-round board and is also one of the few you can guarantee for use outdoors. A couple of years ago I covered the entire back wall of a large house in Maidstone with 130 m² of two-metre-long porcelain tiles. That was on 12.5mm Multiboard, the same as we are using here where we’ve been for two months already and due to finish next Easter. We are doing five en-suites and a full wet room, which serves the basement gymnasium. Once we’ve installed all of the Marmox – close to 100 boards here – for the ‘tile-able’ and waterproofing properties - we are cutting the XL format 2.8 tiles on site to accommodate all of the plumbing and drainage connections. You can’t make a mistake and have to have a sound substrate because you just cannot break one – aside from the cost it can take weeks or months to bring a replacement into the country.”

Summing up the versatility of Multiboard for his business, Josh added: “I have used the 50 and 60mm thick version of Multiboard to make up vanity units in the past and last year even constructed a large bath for one customer using the material and then covering it with porcelain. It’s just totally reliable, which is why I recommend it to the clients and builders we work for.”

Marmox Multiboards are manufactured from extruded polystyrene or XPS encapsulated in reinforced polymer concrete, produced in a range of thicknesses up to 50mm and offer a variety of positive physical characteristics in addition to being fully waterproof. They are both light to handle and easy to cut, while still being able to sustain substantial loadings if required, such as for flooring applications. They further offer good thermal insulation performance, helping to cut condensation risk.