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    What's the weight limits for a freshly plastered wall

    Hi I am just wondering what is the maximum weight allowance for a freshly plastered wall and for plasterboard. many thanks
    • Bradma9
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    • aus usa wall weight
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  2. P

    How much weight?

    How much weight do you think a properly fixed 1800x900 Porcel-thin tile can take? We have had to employ on our chinise cousins to do the test as the tiles are not yet in the U.K.... So, a big thanks goes out to our chinise "stig's!"!................Lee Wang, Ray Wong and Gary Chung...
    • Protilers
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    • aus how much usa weight
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  3. Dan

    Tiling Tips: Is there a weight limit when tiling a wall??

    When undertaking any tiling project one of the key considerations must be whether the wall can take the weight of the tiles. More... Tiling Tips by TTA.
    • Dan
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    • aus there tiling tips usa wall weight
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  4. A

    Split face mosaic tile weight

    Hi all in a rush so sorry if this been asked before. does anyone know the weight per sq mtr of the split face mosaic tiles that have become popular? they range from 10-30mm thicknesses throughout the tile due to the rustic nature of the tile. I just need to know what background they can go on...
    • Andrew Case
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    • aus mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics split face tile usa weight
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    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  5. Dan

    Tiling Tips: Is there a weight limit when tiling a wall?

    When undertaking any tiling project one of the key considerations must be whether the wall can take the weight of the tiles. More... Tiling Tips by TTA.
    • Dan
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    • aus there tiling tips usa wall weight
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  6. C

    Tiling on Plaster - Close to Weight Limit

    Hi, new member after a bit of advice from all you experts. I am tiling my bathroom which has three plasterboard walls (unskimmed) and one block wall (plastered). The tiles I have weigh 16kg/m2, so with the weight of the adhesive and grout this puts me right on the 20kg/m2 limit. Would tiling...
    • crawf94
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    • aus plaster tiling usa weight
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  7. M

    Advice on Max weight tiles for plasterboard and will Ply over the top help?

    Guys hope you can help I am looking to tile my bathroom and the wife wants 10mm procelain that weigh about 25 kg per M2, I live in a new build house (4years old) and all the walls are internal platerboard cavity metal stud. ive been told that the max load for this should be 32 kg per M2 but the...
    • McDogger
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    • advice aus help over plasterboard ply tile tiles top usa weight
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  8. C

    weight pm2 advice

    Any idea what the approximate weight per m2 of 20mm thick limestone?
    • charlie1
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    • advice aus usa weight
    • Replies: 1
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  9. D

    weight advice

    hi guys , went to quote a job earlier, customer has bought tiles form wickes when they showed me i thought they were heavy after weighing a m2 they come to 18kg what weight would you allow for adhesive and grout ? . Walls are skimmed by the way so its going to be close to the weight limit ?? cheers
    • davebates
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    • advice usa weight
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  10. J

    Exceeding weight limits

    A few of you may have read my post last week about the argument I was having with a project manager about ripping down or tiling over tiles. Anyway long story, ended up ripping it down. But it's got me thinking about this all week. So question is, anyone got any first hand experience of weight...
  11. M

    Tile weight

    6mm Ceramic......... ..14.26 kg/m2 .....................................18.46 kg/m2 8mm Ceramic ...........17.62 kg/m2 .....................................21.82 kg/m2 10mm Ceramic ..........20.97 kg/m2 ....................................25.17 kg/m2 12mm Ceramic ..........24.32 kg/m2...
    • marsaday1971
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    • tile usa weight
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  12. M

    weight limit

    i know the weight limit for tiling vertical but do you still use these limits when tiling window headers, ie. upside down. the reason i ask is i've just tiled one, onto plasterboard (plaster board well fixed, screwed into wood lintel) and the tiles are about 30 kg with adhesive. they don't look...
  13. G

    Weight limit problems again !

    Last night I got a call asking me to tile an Ensuite and as the chat progressed I found out that the room was on paramount boards that had previously been tiled. When the old tiles ( which I tiled some years ago) were removed it obviously damaged teh walls. So it was patched and re skimmed. In...
    • Gazzer
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    • problems usa weight
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    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  14. Andy Allen

    the weight of tiles

    why do some tile manufacturing comps pile so many tiles into a box, ive just finished a floor 500x500 porcelain tile with 7 tiles per box......no wonder were all walking round with bad backs. im sure it seems to be getting worse.
  15. I

    Weight limits

    I've had to over board a wall this week to straighten it up (dot and dabbed plaster board) and something occured to me, surely the weight limit for tiling is greatly reduced per square metre as the original substrate is supporting the dot and dabbed board and the tile/addy/grout. Am I wrong in...
  16. kilty55

    kitchen fit advice for granite weight

    hi all,i have a kit fit coming up and customer is gettin ggranite installed as his worktop i am tiling the floor with polished porc 600s and currently the floor is floorboards which meet a concrete ut room floor also which will be screeded would you advise i strengthen the floor 1st before...
  17. S

    BSI spread weight ratio

    I have copies of spread weight ratios, but none with any "creditable sources" mine are just plain paper with lists of substrates and weight limits. I need to supply a printed copy to my customer and I was wondering if anyone had an official copy from somewhere like BSI that they could email me?
  18. P

    what is the weight off 300ltrs of water?

    As the title says can anyone tell me how much 300 ltrs off water weighs????
    • peckers
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    • off usa water weight what
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  19. W

    weight limit for tiling on plastered surface

    Hi everyone, I am trying to tile my bathroom walls which are newly plastered. I bought some tiles before I realised that a limit of 20 kg/m squared is recommended for tiling on this surface. I have since calculated weight of my tiles including adhesive as 20.3 kg/ m squared. Is this sailing too...
    • woody
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    • surface tiling usa weight
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  20. B

    Buildfix weight limit

    hi fellas just wondering if anybody knew the weight limit for mapei buildfix ultimate grab. Customers already bought it and i cant find a spec sheet anywhere. Mapei is shut till monday so cant ask them cheers in advance
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