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    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...
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    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
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    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
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    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...
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    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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    plasterboard ceiling

    Hi, The old house i just bought had polystyrene tiles which I removed unfortunately the old adhesive will not come off from just scraping that was used to dot and dab the poly on. Ive been told to plasterboard over it should I dot and dab new plasterboard above the old ceiling or pull the old...
    • cfrazerg
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    • aus ceiling plasterboard usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Tiling on plasterboard

    Hi, Im Tiling my bathroom i believe you can tile straight onto plasterboard but do you have to pva it first or not as everyone seems to contradict themselves on these forums ?
    • cfrazerg
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    • aus plasterboard tiling usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Mapei Proflexible on Plasterboard

    Hi, Just looking for a bit of advice regarding the Tile Giant branded Pro Flexible adhesive. I have an account at Tile Ginat and I am thinking of switching to Mapei products. I have been taking advice on the different adhesives that are on offer. I have been told by others that the Tile Giant...
    • TOTCompany
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    • adhesive aus grout mapei mapei adhesive mapei grout plasterboard usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Tiling new shower over bath plasterboard wall

    Hi Guys, I have been looking around the forum (lots of useful info by the way) for a renovation i have going on in an old house i just bought and must move into in a hurry. I have just installed 15mm plasterboard in the bathroom around the area where the bath sits. The rest of the room is...
    • Doomageta
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    • aus bath new build plasterboard shower tiling usa wall
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Tiling onto Aquapanel and plasterboard

    Hi, sorry in advance if this is an old question. I've had a quick look round on the forum threads but couldn't find a definitive answer. I am fitting a bathroom out and have reinforced the stud walls. The shower is in a cubicle and I will be boarding this area out with 12.5mm Knauf Aquapanel. I...
    • mjps
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    • aquapanel aus plasterboard tiling usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Fitting Marmox board onto plasterboard?

    Hi all, Can I mount Marmox board onto plasterboard, and what method would you advise? I could remove platerboard and mount onto stud but I know the studs aren't suitably spaced meaning adding more timber (every 300mm) I did this yesterday on a smaller wall after some good advice off this...
    • mono
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    • aus backerboard board fitting marmox marmox backerboard plasterboard tile backerboard usa
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Newbie with a plasterboard question!

    Hi all, I've been reading through this forum but can't seem to find a specific answer so thought I'd go ahead and join up and ask! Hopefully someone will be able to point me in the right direction. I'm in the process of re-fitting my bathroom and have removed the tiles around where the shower...
    • Newbathroomtofi
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    • aus newbie plasterboard usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Plasterboard oN or behind resin shower tray?

    Hi all, I am getting conflicting messages from my builder and plumber regarding fixing a new resin shower tray in a new bathroom. The builder wants to recess the tray so the plasterboard butts on top of the tray, but the plumber wants to fit the tray flush against the board and then have the...
    • Maisymoo
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    • aus plasterboard resin shower shower tray tray usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    should i seal waterproof plasterboard

    hi am about to start tiling my new bathroom which i have just drywalled with waterproof plasterboard. all screws etc have been covered but the board is bare - as it came. i am just wondering if it needs a mist coat of emulsion first? it wont be very wet walls as the shower is a full enclosure...
    • t2tonesimone
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    • aus plasterboard seal should usa waterproof
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Can i leave bare plasterboard behind bath?

    HI guys and galls. I have recently extended and plasterboarded (vapour barrier type - silver backing type which is what building control specified) my bathroom. I am about to install the bath which will run down one wall only i.e. not into a corner of the room. I have read many things on here...
    • robbro
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    • aus bath can leave plasterboard usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Damaged plasterboard

    I have taken a couple of tiles of wall and damaged plasterboard behind paper has come off board can i seal this and re tile on it or would you advise agaist this?
    • Coppy
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    • aus damaged plasterboard usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiling to damaged plasterboard

    I have two areas either side of a hatch in a partition wall 24" x 18" high. I've removed the 6" x 6" tiles, but due to my previously good tiling (!!), areas of the plasterboard paper / cardboard surface has come off but not down to the plaster. I want to re-tile so do I :- 1 - cut out the...
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    Fitting BCT 400 * 250 walls tiles to plasterboard and plaster

    Hi Guys, I'm doing a job for a friend in a few weeks using BCT 400 x 250 White ceramic tiles in a bathroom with a bathtub with a shower above it. I'll be doing about 12sqm including a mosaic border. The surface will be Fresh plasterboard and old plaster (cement). Do I need to use any sort of...
    • TerryTibbs
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    • aus bct fitting plaster plasterboard tile tiles usa wall walls
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiling onto plasterboard - do you tile onto ivory or brown side?

    I've always tiled onto the ivory/white side. However, I've come to a job where the plasterboard has been put up (half of it anyhow so far) with the brown side showing. I want to tile straight onto this (standard gypsum), does it matter which side or shall I have the boards turned around? The...
    • Riker007
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    • aus plasterboard tile tiling usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Aquapanel tape - is it any different to normal plasterboard tape?

    Have just got some branded Aquapanel tape for the joins and it looks very similar to the normal plasterboard join tape I've got lying around. Is it the same, or is it important to use the Aquapanel stuff? Thanks.
    • ChrisK
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    • aquapanel aus plasterboard tape usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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