[Greenbuilding] bathroom tiles in adobe buildings

[najib brimah]

Hi everyone

Am thinking of having a shower cubicle in something I intend to build, which will be separated from the wc area by a low wall, about shoulder-high. The building will be of unstabilised adobes. What I am wondering is if with all the moisture expected in a bathroom, will a wall like this, tiled on both sides and on top, be a breathing wall that will survive well without crumbling at some point? The whole of the inside of this shower/wc space will be tiled but my thinking is that since the tiling for the other walls will be on one side alone (opposite sides of these are external walls or walls of bedrooms) the adobes will not be sandwiched between two sets of tiling. Am I right in being worried about this sandwich effect?  What suggestions do any of you have for the bathroom? - inexpensive solutions I mean!

Halima P Brimah


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