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  1. O

    Quality of Plasterboard

    Has anyone else notice the decline in PB quality over the past few years? More and more times I am finding that when trying to manhandle 8 by 4's that they start to make creaking noises and even had quite a few snap on me. The density/texture seems to have change as well.......too much...
    • On one
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    • aus plasterboard quality usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. J

    Tiling over plasterboard

    Ok, so we've just tiled around a shower over bath directly onto plasterboard using wickes ready mixed adhesive. We've been told that the adhesive might not dry properly because the water in the adhesive will seep into the plasterboard and make it damp, but we've also been told that it will dry...
    • JustSteph
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    • aus over plasterboard tiling usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  3. L

    Fixing tiles with plasterboard adhesive

    Ok, I know it's a bodge, but I hate waste and I have perhaps a dozen tiles to go on the wall as a bottom row above the floor and I've run out of Adesilex P9. I don't want to spend £30 on a new bag for such a small area and I have half a bag of plasterboard adhesive which will also be binned if...
    • lasors
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    • adhesive aus fixing plasterboard tile tile adhesive tiles usa
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. R

    Water damaged plasterboard substrate

    Hi all. I’m looking for another opinion(s) on this. A friend of mine posted this picture on facebook, and someone tagged me in a post to look at it. I’ve not seen this in person, as I’m in Edinburgh and the problem is in Horley. My initial thoughts were that water had got into a crack in...
    • RDTiling
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    • aus plasterboard substrate usa water
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. D

    Travertine and Plasterboard query.

    Hi, just joined, hello everyone! I would like some advice if possible please. I am a bathroom fitter and have a travertine job to do. The walls are 12.5mm unskimmed plasterboard screwed to 400mm centres timber with 1 noggin half way up the wall. Moisture resistant board is in the shower area...
    • davebathroom
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    • aus plasterboard query travertine usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  7. smudger85

    Natural on green plasterboard?

    Can you stick travertine to green plasterboard? Size is 60+30. Is this wise as I'm working on a site where this is happening!!!
  9. L

    Fixing plasterboard

    Hello all, I've dot and dabbed MR plasterboard to bare block walls. They were skimmed but it was nowhere near flat and would prove difficult to tile with 400mm tiles, so it all came off. I was wondering if people think it's a good idea to add some mechanical fixings as well, and if so, what...
    • lasors
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    • aus fixing plasterboard usa
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. I

    Plasterboard + Stone tiles

    Grateful for some advice on whether I'll be okay putting 13mm Marble onto moisture resistant plasterboard. I think the weight limit for unskimmed plasterboard is 32kg? But I don't know how much a m2 of Marble + adhesive weights.
    • IHB
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    • aus plasterboard stone tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. I

    re-tiling walls plasterboard advice replace or add a backing board ?

    Hello I am planning to refurbish the bathroom in my house. and I am not a professional The walls tiles need to be removed and I am expecting the plasterboard will get ruined. What is the best approuch should I replace the old plasteboard with a cement board (like backing board aquapanel...
    • Isidoro
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    • advice aus backing board plasterboard replace usa wall walls
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. C

    plasterboard question.

    I have read in to this a bit but who here tapes joints and primes platerboard , so far I havent primed platerboard is this wrong.
  14. M

    Tanked Plasterboard vs hardiboard?

    Just a quick question chaps...i may have a job to do in the future where its old plaster lats that i will be taking off. is it cheaper to plasterboard and tank the wet areas or use marmox/hardiback or some other kind of board?
  15. W

    Plasterboard query

    Hi, Looking to fit 600x300 porcelain tiles to a plasterboard wall. Have removed emulsion from walls and was going to fix with mapei keraflex S1. Conflicting advice floating about whether to score the walls or not to give the adhesive a key or does this affect the strength of the pasterboard...
    • wyse85
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    • aus plasterboard query usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  17. C

    fixing trav to skimmed plasterboard walls...

    Would you fix travertine which is above the 20kg/m2 to the above walls should the customer sign a legally obligating waiver drawn up by a solicitor ?
    • cam_low
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    • aus fixing plasterboard usa wall walls
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  18. R

    Advice on what adhesive/primer to use for plasterboard

    I really need your advice! I have plasterboarded my bathroom (going to tank the shower area so didnt feel the need for MR PB). Can someone suggest a good primer and addy please? I must be able to buy instore somewhere I can pickup (am based just outside glasgow). The tiles i will be putting...
    • robbieee
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    • adhesive advice aus plasterboard tile adhesive usa what
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. J

    priming plasterboard?

    hello all, just doing a method statement, and while attaching data sheets on addys' etc, i noticed this on the weber eco plus data sheet; Wallboards: fibre/cement, plasterboard, plywood Ensure boards are rigidly supported, clean, dry and free from dust. Plasterboard should be thoroughly primed...
    • johnryan
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    • aus plasterboard priming usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  21. J

    plasterboard question

    hello all, just a quick question about tiling to plasterboard. it a first floor room with a dorma window so one of the walls to be tiled is at a 45 degree angle between the wall and ceiling. i'm sure you know what i mean, cant think of a better way to explain. anyway, the tiles are 600 x 400...
  22. R

    What plasterboard to use for travertine?

    Putting plasterboard up on studwork and i am unsure what plasterboard to use? The moisture resistant stuff? Its just a general bathroom with a bath/shower, extraction fan, toilet and basin. I will be tiling directly onto the plasterboard, will i be better off with the tapered edge pasterboard...
    • robbieee
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    • aus plasterboard travertine usa what
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  23. R

    Dot and Dab Plasterboard

    Hi Folks, Just have a question I was hoping someone could help me out on. I've read a few posts that have mentioned dot and dab plaster boarding to straighten walls. This is something I have never seen being done or even mentioned on any job or site I've been on. I have seen it done in some...
    • ruairi mac
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    • aus dab dot and dab plasterboard usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  25. T

    plasterboard on studding

    Hi all,just started bathroom refurb on our new house.I knew all was not well as the tiles were bulging of the wall & water came through the kitchen ceiling if the shower head pointed anywhere near the wall! My query is which material to use to replace the damaged plasterboard. The room is in a...
  26. D

    Cementone SBR dilution ratio for priming Plaster skim and Plasterboard

    Hi, I am tiling a bathroom and having removed the old tiles some walls are Plaster skim and some are bare plasterboard. I have Cementone SBR which i have read is good for priming but i am not sure what ratio to dilute it with water to then prime the walls. I will be using Mapai Keraquick s1...
    • DOMINIC273
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    • aus cement plaster plasterboard priming sbr usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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