I have a cabin that I put a poly shower pan in. I need to put up something on 2 sides of the wall as its in the corner. They want $200 for the plastic shower walls. Just wondering if theres a cheaper solution?

 

As long as you waterproof the corner (depending on your wall material), bout the cheapest waterproof material suitible for a shower would be FRP. It's the bumpy textured plastic wall panels you often see used in public restrooms and kitchen prep areas. Runs about $30 or so for a 4 x 8 sheet. It can be glued to the wall with a special FRP adhesive which is put on using a notched trowel. There are also corner and edge trim pieces which get a bead of silicone put in the groove, then are put over the edge of the panel.

Oh...FRP stands for Fiber Reinforced Panel or Plastic.

 

Where can I find these? Didnt see them online from lowes or hd.

 

They probably aren't listed online, oh..wait..just checked. They are listed for my local HD store...where are you located?

I just typed in FRP and it popped up with the panel and the adhesive.

Again though..what is you wall covering..sheetrock? You can't attach it directly over studs, it needs support.

 

oh, I didnt know that. I guess I can put sheetrock up.

 

For less than $200 you can have 4x4 ceramic tile, and have a nice shower to boot. Install a vapor barrier, then concrete backer underlayment on the studs. Laying the tile is relatively easy, and you can find deals often on old styles, colors, etc.

 

I was thinkin the same as Chandler. Oddly enough tile is pretty cheap to do yourself. It gets expensive when you hire it out. Labor intensive.

 

Yes it would look nice but I dont need anything nice just want cheap and easy since its only going in my cabin.

 

That (fiber)glassboard that Gg suggested is very cost effective, as once you do that, it is done for life. Barring of course if you have any source for a water leak behind the wall, say at the control valves or some outside wall problem.

Another cheap fix is linoleum. The corners then can be silicone caulked or you can 'glue' on those white foam-plastic inside corner trims you can buy at home centers. You don't even need nails. You just apply the silicone caulk and imbed the corner trim into the caulk, and it sticks like denture grip, and use your finger to get rid of what squirts out the edges.

Recently, I rebuilt a shower mixer wall and used glassboard (FRP). And on another recent one that had linoleum, all was still like new except for around and under the mixer valves - so I had to section out the rotten sheetrock and stained linoleum to just a few inches above the mixer valve on down to the top of the tub, then replaced it with plywood and glassboard and capped along the top with that chairrail type cap trim - and does this ever look sharp! It looks like someone intentionally originally did this with some purpose in mind, due to the mixer valves/tub spout.