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  1. Dan

    PVA V PRIMERS – WHy you should never use PVA Glue when Wall Tiling

    PVA V PRIMERS – WHy you should never use PVA Glue when Wall Tiling Don’t listen to that idiot on handyman can. lol He’s an idiot who doesn’t have a clue when it comes to tiling. MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT P.V.A. IS OK AS A PRIMER ON WALLS AND FLOORS SO I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LET YOU SEE THIS AND...
  2. Dan

    PVA V PRIMERS – WHy you should never use PVA Glue when Wall Tiling | from the Tile Blog

    PVA V PRIMERS – WHy you should never use PVA Glue when Wall Tiling Don’t listen to that idiot on handyman can. lol He’s an idiot who doesn’t have a clue when it comes to tiling. MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT P.V.A. IS OK AS A PRIMER ON WALLS AND FLOORS SO I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LET YOU SEE THIS AND...
  3. K

    SBR or PVA

    I need to re-tile my front door step after the tiles came away during the winter. The mix under the tiles was damp and crumbling away and so I have removed the tiles and the bedding mix and taken it back to some bricks and concrete. I need to reform the step to tile which means increasing the...
  5. M

    PVA WETROOM WALLS OR NO?

    Hi all, Old bathroom becoming wetroom, two of the walls were dot dabbed with the water resit plasterboard, the other two are the original 70year old plaster which have been painted. The tiler I have says the new water resistant boards are fine to tile straight on to, is he correct or no? Also...
  6. T

    What next? 100 X 300 tiling on old plaster.

    Hi all, I've scrapped all paint off drywall in preparation for 100 x 300 mm tiles and currently patching damaged spots. My question is do I need to PVA and skim with Multi Finish or can I just tile as it is? Any help appreciated.
  7. Dan

    "Sealing" the walls with PVA Glue before tiling

    "Sealing" with PVA before tiling - DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME by Dan posted Feb 7, 2017 at 10:14 PM Not sure how to work this forum, will this work? Old but comedy gold.
    • Dan
    • Thread
    • canada coverage glue liquid paint pva seal sealing tiling wall walls
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. H

    Tiling over a concrete floor which has already had a coat of PVA

    Hi I have had specialists in to remove vinyl floor tiles containing asbestos leaving behind the bitumen adhesive (also containing asbestos) which they have encapsulated by giving a coat of PVA. What is the best way to go about tiling the floor? Its a concrete floor mostly covered in bitumen...
    • Harry89
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    • canada coat concrete floor floor tiling over pva tiling which
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. B

    Removing PVA glue from concrete floor

    Hi all, first time user. I'm in need of a bit of advice and hope someone can help. I'm about to tile a kitchen floor (which is concrete) with 300 x 300 quartz tiles. When the kitchen fitter was working in there, he decided to coat the floor with pva to make it easier for him to clean up the dust...
    • brucelee
    • Thread
    • canada concrete floor floor tiling glue pva removing
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. R

    Pva dilemma

    Hello, Would appreciate a bit of advice please. Have had a lot of building work done and the bathroom has been plastered to a keyed hardwall finish. The plasterer knowing it was being tiled floor to ceiling left it at keyed hardwall saying there was no point doing a final finish if just tiling...
  13. K

    PVA?

    Hello On the verge of doing my first tiling ever with no supervision (what could possibly go wrong)?? Someone said I'd need to PVA the wall first - is this so? Never heard of it... do I just get it from B&Q? Does tile adhesive stick to it alright? Also - I'm going to Amtico my slightly...
  14. Kyle Knowles

    Weber PR 360 over pva ?

    Just bin to look at a job near me and the guys 4:1 pva the whole room now can I just bond over the pva with pr360 or do I need to get him to chip the skim coat off which isn't to difficult as it's over s&c render
  15. C

    Bathroom Skimming Prep With Pva Before Tiling (wet Areas)

    Hi, i am looking to re tile my bathroom and have got rid of all the tiles. Unfortunately some plaster damage has occured, i want to skim the damaged areas and use PVA between skim coats. I know using PVA is a big mistake before the tiling in a wet area, but is it okay to use PVA before a skim...
  17. P

    Wall Prep

    Hi all Back for some more valuable advise. I have the unfortunate job of re-doing my bathroom been putting it off but time has come. I have stripped the wall and a large amount of the render has come off with the tiles. I would like to render and skim but not to sure of the procedure and mix...
  18. Sean Kelly

    Bonding & Pva What A Morning!

    What a morning. I turned up at saw this (below). Just a bonding coat with a few undulations!! 600x300 porcelain in brickbond. The usual from the builder 'I've tiled over bonding and never had a problem'. He got on the phone to the plasterer who gave the solution.......... use PVA and it will...
  19. B

    How Not To Tile A Floor (youtube)

    I wonder how many failed floors have come from diy'ers watching this video? How many thousands of pounds of tiles have been ripped up and skipped into landfill? Apparently its a trade secrete to PVA straight onto chipboard and then you're good to tile! I know most guys will have seen this...
  21. A

    PVA on walls.

    Heard allot of people ranting and telling others, THIS IS A NO NO and you are clueless. Have a look at this video people. Thoughts?
  22. S

    PVA not suitable as a Primer

    Ok following on from a previous thread, PVA is not acceptable to be used as a primer in a tiling situation. There are designated primers out there that the adhesive company's have spent a lot of money on to make sure they work along side the adhesive to give it a proper key into the substrate...
  23. D

    No need for pva !!!!

    Thistle Uni-Finish in plaster skimming anymore !!! any spreads on here tried it ?? it's very expensive gear!! what do you think then ?:thumbsup:
    • Diamond Pool Finishers
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    • aus pva usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  25. G

    manufacturers specifying pva

    Had a call today from a builder I do work for regarding these slim brick tiles that a customer wants used in their kitchen. Told me to go onto their website and have a look at them and arrange to go see the job. What chance do customers have when the manufacturers are specifying on their web...
  26. G

    First Post - Acrylic over PVA?

    First things first. Hello. This is my first post on the forum and I am sure over the coming weeks it will not be my last as I am about to embark on tiling my bathrooms, both of which have been freshly created as part of my house extension/re-configuration. In order to minimise the cost and time...
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