How Atlantis exceeds New Zealand’s waterproofing standards

What does this mean?

If you’re currently renovating or planning a new bathroom, there are new standards your bathroom will now need to comply with.

At Atlantis, we’ve been campaigning for better tiled shower practices for over 20 years, and these small changes help to create better bathrooms for Kiwis.

Let’s jump on in to the details;

Shower Floor Materials

Only the following materials are now accepted under the revised standards.

• Plastic or Stainless Steel shower tray
• Integrally waterproof sheet (vinyl or acrylic sheet)
• Ceramic or stone tiles on impervious substrate (e.g. on waterproof membrane), or impervious tray.  If tiled floor then walls must be tiled.

Shower Wall Materials

Only the following materials are now accepted under the revised standards.

• Plastic shower wall liners
• Integrally waterproof sheet (like vinyl or acrylic sheet flooring), sealed joints
• Ceramic or stone tiles on waterproof membrane
• Water resistant sheet lining pre-finished with high pressure laminate or polyurethane, with impervious joints.

View the technical data shown above in more detail here. 

Seeing the advantages of a product like the one above, rather than a foam tray or in-situ concrete screeded shower floor is a no-brainer. Just look at a couple of the examples below to see what can happen if one of these showers isn’t waterproofed perfectly, a product fails or a mistake leads to water leakage.

Just imagine the headaches and heartache these repairs would have caused – not to mention the financial cost of the remedial work involved too. These are all reasons why we offer a 25-year leakfree warranty with our tile-over shower trays.

We’re passionate about our showers and for good reason. Explore our Linea Quattro and EasyTile showers for more information and relevant literature, or get in touch with us to pick our brains even more!