Tadelakt Bathroom Walls

Tadelakt provides a stylish alternative to traditional tiles in bathrooms and the water resistant plaster is applied seamlessly with no grout lines.

Tadelakt bathroom walls.

It is the traditional coating of the palaces hammams and bathrooms of the riads in morocco. Tadelakt is a traditional lime based plastering technique that has been used in morocco for thousands of years. The ancient finish is also becoming a popular feature for western bathrooms and wet rooms. Douglas fir wood was used to match the original wood in the home.

I like how the floor color flows up into the tub while the walls were left light and bright white. It is applied seamlessly resulting in a beautifully smooth surface free from grout lines. When the ingredients are combined a chemical reaction between the two creates a waterproof membrane making tadelakt walls suitable for wet areas like showers and baths. Its traditional application includes being polished with a river stone and treated with a soft soap to acquire its final appearance and water resistance.

It should be used on sturdy structures with little give to best support the application of the product. The term tadelakt meaning to rub in is an amazighified expression from the arabic word تدليك tadleek meaning to rub or massage tadelakt is thought to have evolved from qadad a similar plaster used in yemen for millennia that is treated with calcium hydroxide and oils and fats instead of soaps. Custom clay plasters cover all the walls and ceilings except the bathroom. The bathroom of a tucson territorial style midcentury features tadelakt walls done by a talented local craftsman and neolith floors.

In the past tadelakt was commonly applied to solid absorbent structures such as earthen lime or cement walls. I do have to wonder about where the shower curtain is here. Tadelakt is a traditional moroccan wall surfacing technique composed of lime plaster and black soap made from olives. The bathroom has a lime plaster on the walls and ceilings and a groutless tadelakt shower which will never have issues with mildew in grout lines.

Tadelakt is a stunning versatile moroccan plaster suitable for almost any internal or external wall and a stylish alternative to traditional tiles in bathrooms or wetrooms. Tadelakt is a waterproof lime plaster which can be used on the interior and exteriors of buildings. Tadelakt is now frequently applied to a variety of surfaces including well framed wood brick and cement block. All trim is custom milled beetle kill pine.

Doors are from used building supply stores and are all solid alder wood. A really traditional use of tadelakt is coating anything that will hold water like a bathtub.