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Hi, can anyone advise me on how to prep a painted brick or block wall for tiling? Do I just wash it, key it and apply a primer? Also what would be the best adhesive for this. Many thanks

Hello, I have some lovely Mexican terracotta tiles (glazed on one side only) which are meant for interior use only. I am trying to work out if I can seal the tiles with something to make them frost proof, and then stick them to a rendered exterior wall that has been painted. This is not new...

I am about to take on a kitchen backsplash with a standard metro tile and am looking for some advice. The surface is painted plaster, paint in good condition. Should the plaster be scored, sanded and then primed before tiling? Just keeping myself right as i have seen people with different...

Hi Everyone! New to tiling so probably the easiest questions you’ll be asked but… I have a downstairs toilet and kitchen splash back I need to tile. The toilet has not tiling in place already whereas the kitchen I will need to remove pre-existing tiles. All walls are drywall that have been...

Hello fellow tilers, I have a property that has a brick slip cladding by Wetherby - 7mm & 9mm Brick Slips - Wetherby Building Systems Ltd - https://www.wbs-ltd.co.uk/systems-solutions/system-finishes/7mm-9mm-brick-slips/ - in Teracotta Smooth on the outside of the property. Does anyone know if...

Hopefully a very easy quesion(s) for someone who knows ? Tiles and one wall and painted, white wall on the other. Where they meet, should I use sealant or caulk and what colour (tile colour or white ?) Similar question where tiled wall meets sealing. I made I think a mistake of using Silicon...

Hi. Guessing it's a common question but I'm trying to confirm whether it's possible to tile onto painted plasterboard? My kitchen walls are plasterboard with the original trade paint that was used when the house was built 4 years ago. Thanks for any advice.

Hi guys, So, I've been asked to tile a wall that has been painted directly onto plasterboard, no skim coats, just straight onto board. There are at least 3-4 layers of matt emulsion paint on this wall. What is the best way to do this? I've read about stripping off the paint but that'll mean...

Hi Tilers, this is my first question on this forum and I've got a few different areas to cover! I am a DIYer, working on renovating a kitchen, utility room and cloakroom/shower room. My previous experience of tiling is using large format porcelain tiles onto cement/foam backer board, on floors...

Hi Guys Just completed my last little bit of Chinese slate in a downstairs cloakroom and looks great but i am now going to clean and reseal the existing slate in my hallway which has been down 15 years. Using HG Extreme Power Cleaner as it was originally sealed with an HG Impregnator. Have you...

I am about to start tilling with 600 x 600 wall tiles to a room which has about 3 coats of paint welded to walls. Am I ok to simply apply a good quality primer and tile away?. I have removed any loose paint. There is about 35m2 of wall so a bit of a job removing paint. Any advise ?

Hi all, I know this has been discussed previously but I need help with my specific job... I want to tile in my kitchen between the wall units and the work surface. It's a new build so I'm sure it's plasterboard painted with magnolia emulsion. My tiles are 100x200mm and will be 5 tiles tall...

Hi guys. I’m after a bit of advice on how to prepare my kitchen wall for a splashback that I’m doing in 200x100 bevelled metro tile. I battened and plasterboarded the wall and freshly skimmed it around 18 months ago. It’s also painted with Matt emulsion. What are you opinions on how I should...

I am re tiling a bathroom, have re plasterboarded all but this one wall as this one wall has no tiles on, just paint, not sure exactly what type of paint. Can I tile onto this painted plasterboard wall? If yes whats the best way to prepare the painted surface for the tiles? Any advice is much...

Hi there I'm looking for some advice on how to part tile a painted wall. It's a kitchen splashback from the counter halfway up the way just below a shelf. My question is, prepping the surface for tile causes a bit of a mess - is it easy enough to prevent this from messing up the rest of the...

Hello all, I know it's not best practice to tile onto painted walls especially when using large format tiles. My question is this - if you Dot and Dab onto painted walls does this not create a similar issue of the paint being behind the plasterboard adhesive - is this why mechanical fixings are...

anyone heard of grit that you apply to painted walls to make them ready ish to tile, also views on this? ta

hi all, advice needed please, I have been asked to lay travertine in a kitchen on top of UFH. I went to look at the job today and the floor is concrete and has been pained twice. Do I need to try and remove the paint or can I key it before fixing insulation board etc? Also would you level the...

Hey guys! Would you say it's ok to tile over painted drywall? Some people have been saying yes if it's not gloss paint. Well, the wall is emulsion so is that ok. Or will be better to apply Ardex P4 Primer to the wall instead?

hey guys, just a quick one, got a job coming up and the customer has just got a bath and a bath splash back which is around 3 tiles high, they would like these removing and the tiles extended all the way to the ceiling and they are also having a shower fitting before i tile, my question is, will...