How To Install a Meridian Isocore Bath Panel

Hi, Elle here from Rop­er Rhodes Trade Solu­tions. Today, I’ll be tak­ing you step by step through the instal­la­tion of our Merid­i­an Iso­core Bath Pan­el, cov­er­ing both the front and end pan­el fitting.

I’ll also be shar­ing some trade tips along the way to make sure your instal­la­tion is quick, neat, and hassle-free.

But before we get start­ed, what is Isocore?

Iso­core is our rev­o­lu­tion­ary, 100% water­proof mate­r­i­al which will not degrade with expo­sure to moisture. 

Iso­core is extreme­ly light com­ing in at 30% lighter than MDF. All our Iso­core pan­els come with a life­time guar­an­tee, ensur­ing fit and for­get and ulti­mate peace of mind.

Step 1, gath­er your tools.

You will need the following…

A tape Measure 

Screw­driv­er or pow­er drill

Spir­it level

Vel­cro strips or sim­i­lar fix­ing method

Soft­wood strips and screws

Dust sheets or similar

And as always, wear eye pro­tec­tion when drilling and check for hid­den pipes or cables before you start.

Step 2, lev­el the bath.

Check that your bath is lev­el and set at the cor­rect height for the panel.

Mea­sure the pan­el height and adjust the bath legs if needed.
If your floor slopes, you may need to trim the bot­tom of the pan­el to fol­low the slope.

Step 3, pre­pare to posi­tion the panels

Pan­els are not designed to sup­port the bath; you will need to use soft­wood strips fixed to the walls at either end.
A sec­tion about 19mm x 38mm works well. Secure each strip with at least two screws.
It’s impor­tant to set the strips back from the bath rim to allow for pan­el thick­ness and any fix­ing mate­r­i­al, in this case we will be using Vel­cro for a sim­ple and secure fit.

Addi­tion­al­ly, be sure to allow for the pan­el top to fit inside the lip of the bath wher­ev­er possible.

Step 4, pre­pare and join the panels

When fit­ting both a front and end pan­el, you need to join them before secur­ing them to the bath.

This ensures a neat fin­ish and makes the over­all instal­la­tion easier.

To do this, take one or two strips of soft­wood and drill two pilot holes into each to guide screws into.

Always check the length of your screws to avoid dam­ag­ing the panels.

Then fix this piece cen­tral­ly to the back of the end panel.

Lay the front face of the front pan­el on a flat pro­tect­ed sur­face as to not dam­age the pan­el, we rec­om­mend the use of a dust sheet or sim­i­lar to pro­vide ade­quate pro­tec­tion from the floor.

Now guide the end pan­el ver­ti­cal­ly over the back of the front pan­el to ensure a flush fix of the block to the front panel.

Posi­tion them so the end pan­el sits behind the front panel

Then attach your screws and secure.

A good tip on this step is to part­ly secure your screws and check the align­ment halfway, as to make sure the pan­els are lin­ing up flush with each other.

Always check that the edges align cor­rect­ly and the joint looks neat from the front.

Step 5, secure the panels

Once the pan­els are joined, lift the assem­bly into posi­tion against the bath.

At each loose end, secure the pan­els to the soft­wood strips that you have pre­vi­ous­ly fixed to the walls.

Take care to align the Velcro.

Step 6, final Checks

Ensure the joint between the front and end pan­els is tight and visu­al­ly neat.

Con­firm that the pan­els sit flush against the bath and floor. 

As we are using Iso­core Pan­els, no seal­ing is required to com­plete the install.

How­ev­er, for best prac­tice, to pro­tect floor­ing & skirt­ing edges it is advis­able to apply a bead of sealant around each pan­els edge.

And that’s it, 6 steps to suc­cess­ful­ly install our Merid­i­an Iso­core Bath Pan­el.

For more guid­ance and infor­ma­tion, or to view our com­plete range of bath pan­els, please vis­it trades​o​lu​tions​.rop​er​rhodes​.co​.uk.