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  1. P

    Porcelain tiles potentially over weight limit: is this a big issue?

    Without thinking too much about it (DIY job), we bought these tiles, and now I realize we might have made a mistake: Maddox Grey Concrete Effect Porcelain Wall and Floor Tile | TileMountain - https://www.tilemountain.co.uk/maddox-grey-concrete-effect-matt-porcelain-wall-and-floor-tile I am...
    • poiupp
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    • big issue over porcelain porcelain tiles tiles weight
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    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  2. S

    Pura shower head - too much weight for a tiny thread Discussion Thread

    Pura shower head - too much weight for a tiny thread Discussion Thread Hi there, Hopefully someone will be able to help me….. I have what I believe is a pura shower arm which has recent started leaking from the fitting which is really no wonder when you compare the weight of the shower arm...
    • Stu Thomson
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    • much shower thread weight
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    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  3. elliott20

    Another Plasterboard Tile Weight Dilemma

    Hi, long time lurker, first time poster. Over the years I've used the good advice that I've read on this forum but with my current project I am a bit stumped. I am renovating an ensuite, it's been a mission but everything was starting to go nicely, tray installed, walls Mapei tanked - then the...
  5. G

    Questioning the real weight load of plaster

    There are many blogs out there showing a table of maximum weight certain substrate - for example: https://www.toppstiles.co.uk/knowledge-base/tiling-background-weight-limits ...and they all say 20kg for gypsum-based plaster - so I'll assume we are talking about products such as multinish in...
  6. S

    Weight of tiles 8mm + 10kg mirror OK On PB?

    I am in the process of refurbishing my ensuite bathroom and on one wall I will be taking the tiles to the ceiling and also adding an 800 mm² mirror that weighs approximately 10 kg. The studs on this wall are spaced at 600 mm. The question relates to whether I will need to strengthen the wall or...
  7. R

    tile backer on top of dot and dabbed plasterboard ?

    Hi all. I'm looking for advice regarding the tile becker fitted on the plasterboard. It's about load capacity. How to increase the one on the plasterboard? Is it feasible without removing the plasterboard?? At the beginning of the job the customer wanted to go for 100x300 tiles so we've...
  9. S

    Light weight backer board

    I need to overboard an 1800 wide paramount plasterboard wall that only has studs at 900 centres. (one at each and and one in the middle running vertically) part of the wall will be in a shower cubicle so needs good waterproofing i think hardi or even aquapanel might be a bit too heavy and...
    • serval
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    • backer board board light tile backerboard weight
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    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  10. S

    Maximum tile weight on sand/cement render backing

    Hello - I'm a homeowner in the process of choosing tiles for a bathroom in a newly built extension. The inner leaf walls are Thermalite 3.6N blocks with a sand and cement render inside. What's the maximum weight of tile that backing could take? I could find lots of information on the maximum...
  11. Davethefish

    9mm Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile weight question.

    i'm going to be remodelling my own bathroom, but it has paramount boards for walls on 2 sides (evil plaster board/ cardboard sandwich.) and is plastered on breeze block the other 2. the wall and floor ceramic tiles my wife wants have no m2/kg tile weight info, just 1.08m2 per box of 6 tiles...
  13. Davethefish

    Hi all.

    Hi and quick introduction, 30 years in the building trade, pipefitter/plumber/maintenance now semi retired. ;) i'll be posting a quick question the the tiling forum in a mo...:)
  14. E

    what weight tiles will paramount take

    Hi Guys, another newbie here, what weight in kgs per sqm will honeycomb plasterboard walls take please? Paramount Partition wall boards type. I want to fully tile my bathroom walls in 600x300 ceramic tiles but, since finding out the wall structure I am now concerned the walls won’t take the...
    • Eddy66
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    • boards canada newbie paramount plasterboard tile tiles wall walls weight what
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  15. L

    Light weight adhesives

    Light weight adhesives! For those of you that have used them enough to have an informed opinion what’s the pros and cons vs standard addy? I’m interested to see what the consensus is out there.
    • LM
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    • adhesive adhesives light weight
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  17. L

    Marble tiles just over the weight limit

    appologies for what has come up time and time again. However this one is so close to the guidelines I can’t work out what to do. I have never fitted marble tiles before, and always had plasterboard suit my tile weight limit. (Have been lucky I guess in the last 8 years! ) I have been asked to...
  18. acaciaguy

    Lightest weight backer boards

    hello all I have a job where the walls are double thick plasterboard (both 18mm) on a stud wall ( between two flats to meet fire and sound regs etc). I don’t want to add the weight of a cement backer board (like nmp or hardie) on top of that. What is the he lightest board out there? Wedi ...
  19. J

    Substrate weight ratio / bonding

    hi all, So from my notes plaster can only take 20kg per m2 (including adhesive/grout). I’m just about to tile a wet room and my issue is this: I’ve had the room skimmed (it’s mostly a stud wall room with plasterboards, part of one wall is block). This same part block/ part stud wall had to be...
    • James De
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    • canada substrate weight
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  21. M

    Advice on tile weight

    I have ordered some porcelain tiles 600 x 300 8mm thick, I am now thinking I have to send them back due to weight. Its for an ensuite shower and the actual shower is moisture resistant plasterboard which is being tanked, this I know is ok with the weight. The issue is the rest of the bathroom...
    • mark01
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    • advice tile weight
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    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  22. R

    Tile weight limits on walls

    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...
  23. 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...
    • Julian 'Farmer' Bonsall
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    • board canada plaster plaster board tile wall walls weight
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  25. S

    Light weight adhesives

    What are these light weight adhesives ? With what should we use them ? :confused:
  26. T

    Stud wall weight limits

    Evening all, I understand the weight limits for plasterboard, backer board etc, but.... I was wondering what is a reasonable weight limit for the actual stud partition wall? (As in, what's the limit before the framework starts crashing down) Is this something I should be considering on jobs...
    • Tommcd
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    • canada frame stud wall weight
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
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