plaster board

  1. jassie78

    Tiling onto plaster board?

    Hi, I've made my previous extension room slightly smaller to accommodate for downstairs bathroom which includes shower, toilet, sink vanity unit etc... The shower enclosure area has the green plaster board other parts have white plaster board. The guy has just told me that he will be tiling...
  2. R

    Best/cheapest wet wall substrate?

    When removing tiles around a shower area, some of the outer paper layer came off the plasterboard where water had seeped in over the years (see picture). Now I'm looking at my options to prepare the wall for tiles and want to know what would be recommended while keeping costs down? Option 1...
  3. A

    Tiling green plaster board

    Hi could someone help me, I have a bath panel made of green board which was primed before applying tiles but the tiles just popped off. Why is this?
  4. A

    Best substrate for half height tiles

    Hi everyone. I'm about to embark on a complete bathroom refit (very small bathroom approx. 3.2sqm) that will have a corner shower with full height tiling in 8mm porcelain tiles (approx 100mm across). The remainder of the room will be 9mm porcelain hexagon tiles (approx. 250mm across) up to a...
  5. R

    What filler to fix hole in plaster board?

    Hi all, I have a wall that has two layers of plaster board, the wall is in good condition apart from one thing, there is a hole about 4 inches wide by 3 inches high and about 15mm deep, i really don't want to rip down a whole wall due to one hole, can it be filled ready for the wall to be...
  6. J

    Tile weight on plaster board walls, MR, Centres, data origin

    I know this has been asked lots before but I cannot find (after reading the White Book and 'Site Book Tiling) where the information regarding loadings for plasterboard are listed. I found plenty for Glasroc H. The question came up as a colleague of mine has boarded his bathroom with MR 12.5mm...
  7. G

    BAL Can I use BAL ADP primer with Mapei Kereflex on plaster board?

    Shortly I hope to tile a wall ( skimed plaster board ) that has previously been painted with matt emulsion. The plan is to sand / grind off the paint, then prime and tile. The tile wt.is within the loading capacity. Questions. Is the wall prep ok? Can I use BAL ADP primer with Mapei adhesive...
  8. N

    3/4 inch foil back plaster board

    a builder put 3/4 inch foil back plaster board in my bathroom if i seal all of it can it be tiled over
  9. 1

    Preparation Triple boarded, old adhesive, heavy tiles!

    Hi all, I have an issue I'm hoping you chaps can help me with after removing tiles from my en suite. The adhesive has partly come off, 30% probably (the rest will be a total pita), the issue i have is that I'm not sure i can lay straight over the old adhesive, even though it is only 2-3mm in...
  10. G

    600x300 travertine wall tile on plasterboard

    Hi all, been to a quote to put 600x300 travertine on walls in downstairs w/c. I told customer I was concerned as the walls were plasterboard and I could not locate the battens behind the plasterboard. Customer wants the tiles on the wall regardless. Is there anything I could use like Wediboard...
  11. K

    fixing plaster board

    Hi, I'm in middle of a bathroom couple walls had come off back to brickwork but only 5 feet high it's very tall ceilings It's all been decorated recently so I want do as little damage as possible Question is normally I just dot and Dab boarsds to ceiling with normal drywall adhesive but I'm...
  12. C

    Wall dramas

    Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice please. I just started doing my en suite. I have a shower tray which is 760mm square but is walled on 3 sides. I managed ton work out before I took it out that the gap between the walls is less than that so the plasterboard is sat on top of it, so the shower...
  13. V

    Help..Advice please - pics inc. - tiling bathroom walls.

    Hi all, Really need some advice on how to tile my bathroom walls. Currently the walls have small 2-3mm thick ceramic tiles that are stuck on very firmly. I've been advised by the tiller that he can tile directly on top of the tiles. Just wondering what the best options are. I've been...
  14. G

    Can A Skimmed Plaster Board Wall Support This Tile?

    finally found a tile i like but its porcelein. it weighs 17kg per m2 will a skimmed plasterboard wall support this with adhesive? thanks
  15. M

    Recommend Shower Room Substrate

    Got a small walk in shower to rip out and re tile and was curious to know if there would be advantages to using a cement hardie type board instead of moisture resistant plaster board? I'm assuming both would require tanking, weight/type of tiles to be used currently unknown.
  16. S

    Plaster board props

    Been thinking of getting some of these adjustable props but they only do minimum height of 1.15m which is too big for most domestic windows. Anyone know if they can be cut down at the bottom?
  17. I

    600x300 onto plaster board.

    Can 600x300 tiles be fixed straight onto bare unskimmed plaster board? Would it need priming first? Not sure whether the tiles are ceramic or stone yet. Any advice welcome. Cheers
  18. 2

    Trav on plaster board walls in Bathroom?

    Hi, I've got a trav job too price up wall and floors in a bathroom and the customer has got large format trav for his bathroom but most of the walls are plaster boarded and his floor is floor boards that will need over boarding. would 18mm ply be ok for the floor? and would I have to over board...
  19. P

    Tiling on normal plaster board for shower

    I have come across a shower cubicle to be tiled, the plaster board seems to be regular one (non water resistant) I seem to have two options, one prime the plaster board and tile it with good quality water proof adhesive, or tank it first. Just wanted to get a second opinion on this, is it safe...
  20. smudger85

    Plaster board?

    Should plaster board be primed before tiling? And if so with what primer? I understand plaster needs priming but the chap I work with says you don't need to with plaster board!!

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