walls

Hello, long time reader, first time poster. I'm getting a new bathroom suite and re-tiling the floor and walls and need advice as to the best way forward. I'm an experienced amateur having renovated a few properties over the years, simple bathrooms, kitchens toilets and the like with no...

Hi everyone, I need some clarification on wall prep before I begin tiling. I have tiled three rooms before over the years, but didn’t realise how much of a Pandora’s box tiling the bathroom would be! I have been looking on this forum for answers for a couple of weeks, there are lots of very...

I'm looking for recommendations for a new TBSB trowel for walls in wet areas etc. Any suggestions very much appreciated

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...

good morning all, I’ve got a customer who’s had a shower installed in their bathroom when there was only a bath before. The plumber has chased the pipe work for the shower into the walls. It’s an old property and the walls aren’t the best! My question is can you still use a waterproofing kit on...

It’s amazing how light affects the shade and colour of grout even when from same batch, bag and mix.

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

I've committed to my first 450 herringbone job - will be 3 walls of a shower enclosure with little 2x6 inch tiles. Lots of advice out there tells you to find the midpoint of the wall and keep the tile points to this plumb line: From all the google images of jobs where this has been done I...

Evening all, hope this finds you well. Just a quick question.. What is the best method of making good walls once old tiles have been removed? And what’s the preffered method to removing old adhesive? Many thanks in advance, Stu.

Hi, my first post on here. I am looking at fitting thin concrete panels on my bathroom and shower wall. Has any one used them before? The ones I was looking at are either Concreate or https://livingconcrete.co.uk/concrete-panels The livingconcrete type say you can use them on a wall by fixing...

ok so i read a post from Paul C on weight limits, that went: Wall Substrate Maximum Weight of tiling per m2 Gypsum Plaster 20Kg/m2 Gypsum Plasterboard Direct (without a plaster skim) 32Kg/m2 Plywood (WBP) Up to 30Kg/m2 Lightweight Tilebacking Boards Up to 40Kg/m2. Dependant on the type and...

Hi everyone. Thanks for all the advice so far, its going pretty good considering i'm a sparky!!!;) Going to start to tile the walls and have got 600 x 300 porcelain tiles (Topps Regal Vanilla ones) Ok so the walls are skimmed plasterboard on the dot and dab and studwork and the tiles weigh 25kg...

Hi all, I'm not much of a forum poster, and am also new here to this one. Additionally, in pre-admission, I'm no professional tiler (although I've successfully performed various vast scale tiling jobs at home), just an avid DIYer. My situation which lead me to post here revolves around me...

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...

Hi all, really looking for advice here. Really want to spend some time improving the garden this year and I have some really ugly low brick walls on the patio which I was planning on tiling. I've never tiled before so wanted to get some advice on if this was actually possible (tile straight...

Hi All, Im just finishing a new kitchen and want to tile the area behind the sink up to and including the ledge and reveals. I have 2 questions. 1) Some section of the walls are running out - thick at the bottom and narrow at the top. What is the best way to deal with this - images should be...

Not really the right forum but has anybody fitted vario pro to walls . I fixed up membrane today and going to cable tomorrow .

hi everyone, sorry I’m new to this forum so please bear with me. Here is my dilemma & hoping for some feedback/advice if possible. (Here’s a little bit about me) I’ve been tiling for 15 years, still a rookie compared to some but I’ve worked with most materials ranging through stone to...

Hi and good afternoon, I'm looking to tile my bathroom soon, I'm good with the actual tiling, it's the preparation of the walls im struggling with. Tiles are 9.5mm ceramic floor to ceiling and 10mm ceramic on floor and shower area. Tiles inc adhesive are weighing in at around 25 m2. The walls...

hi iv used jewsons sbr admixture to prim my bathroom walls before I tile them, it says it is a good all round primar, can anyone let me know if this will be ok before I start tiling. I’ve attached a picture of the sbr I have used any help would be grateful thanks