Building help - wall tiles
Discussion
I have removed all our old bathroom tiles and the plaster is varible.One of the walls I have left tiles on as they are good and secure. Whats on the remaining walls is solid with no hollows but I have lost some of the skim coat and in a couple of areas its patchy rough browning. I cannot plaster at all so hope to tile over what I have, my question is should I seal the walls before tiling? and what is a good adhesive to use in bathroom. Thanks
I'd seal the plaster with a diluted coat of PVA.
All of the major DIY stores sell "waterproof, suitable for bathrooms" tile adhesive, so go for that. I prefer not to use the stuff which purports to be adhesive and grout - as it is a bugger to get of the tiles when used as grouting after is has dried.
Oh, and invest in an electric "bench" style tile cutter. They are only £20 or £30, but well worth the cost.
Good luck
All of the major DIY stores sell "waterproof, suitable for bathrooms" tile adhesive, so go for that. I prefer not to use the stuff which purports to be adhesive and grout - as it is a bugger to get of the tiles when used as grouting after is has dried.
Oh, and invest in an electric "bench" style tile cutter. They are only £20 or £30, but well worth the cost.
Good luck
Thanks guys, I've had an inspection of the worst wall in terms of plaster mess, in an ideal world I would have it all redone by a pro' but I have'nt the time nor money for that. So I plan to use the adhesive on the wall to take out those uneven/missing skim coat areas and leave the tiles level that way. Is this a short cut to a disaster area?
crankedup said:
Thanks guys, I've had an inspection of the worst wall in terms of plaster mess, in an ideal world I would have it all redone by a pro' but I have'nt the time nor money for that. So I plan to use the adhesive on the wall to take out those uneven/missing skim coat areas and leave the tiles level that way. Is this a short cut to a disaster area?
It should be ok provided that you seal the plaster first as described above AND you won't ever want to remove the tiles in the future. I have found that using the adhesive to "even out" the wall makes tile removal in teh future quite difficult, and usually results in the removal of even more plaster.Given that you are tiling the wall, why not re plaster it yourself? It doesn't have to be perfect, as you will be covering it up. Just a thought...
Blues said:
crankedup said:
Thanks guys, I've had an inspection of the worst wall in terms of plaster mess, in an ideal world I would have it all redone by a pro' but I have'nt the time nor money for that. So I plan to use the adhesive on the wall to take out those uneven/missing skim coat areas and leave the tiles level that way. Is this a short cut to a disaster area?
It should be ok provided that you seal the plaster first as described above AND you won't ever want to remove the tiles in the future. I have found that using the adhesive to "even out" the wall makes tile removal in teh future quite difficult, and usually results in the removal of even more plaster.Given that you are tiling the wall, why not re plaster it yourself? It doesn't have to be perfect, as you will be covering it up. Just a thought...
xllifts said:
Blues said:
crankedup said:
Thanks guys, I've had an inspection of the worst wall in terms of plaster mess, in an ideal world I would have it all redone by a pro' but I have'nt the time nor money for that. So I plan to use the adhesive on the wall to take out those uneven/missing skim coat areas and leave the tiles level that way. Is this a short cut to a disaster area?
It should be ok provided that you seal the plaster first as described above AND you won't ever want to remove the tiles in the future. I have found that using the adhesive to "even out" the wall makes tile removal in teh future quite difficult, and usually results in the removal of even more plaster.Given that you are tiling the wall, why not re plaster it yourself? It doesn't have to be perfect, as you will be covering it up. Just a thought...
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