600x300 porcelain tiles

[Poppy01]

Hi
I have just joined as looking for advice. I have bought 600x300 10 mm wall & floor tiles and now worried if these will be to heavy for my bathroom walls. My house is timber kit with plasterboard walls. Shall I just change for smaller tiles as all adhesives seem to have a limitation of 300x300. Would the Mapei super flexible adhes be suitable.

 

[Gazzer]

Have the walls been skimmed or bare plasterboard ?

 

[Ian]

Its only tubbed, ready mixed adhesives that are restricted to 300x300 ceramic tiles, powdered, cement based adhesive will be ideal for your tiles. Have your plasterboard walls been skimmed? Welcome along to the forum.

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome..

Are the walls taped jointed and decorated

 

[Time's Ran Out]

:welcome::welcome::welcome:

 

[Poppy01]

Thanks for your replies. Wall over bath is plasterboard & I have just removed existing tiles, other walls are skimmed plastered a year ago & painted with a k&b Matt emulsion.

 

[White Room]

Could over board the skimmed walls and screw to existing stud work

 

[Poppy01]

Would the weight be to much for the skimmed walls?
Surely if I bought smaller tiles the weight would be the same as would need double the tiles??
Don't want to risk the tiles or wall coming away, would that happen??

 

[Scott]

The weight is per metre so the size of tiles wont make a difference. What ever you do you will need to remove the paint.

 

[Sean Page]

Hi & :welcome:

 

[Max@ableskills]

Hi and welcome. Some good advice given already

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Poppy - 600x300 PORCELAIN tiles will be heavier than smaller ceramic tiles if you decide to change specification.
A bagged cement based adhesive will be required for the larger format tiles.
However the issue is the weight of the 600x300 porcelain tiles on your existing walls.
The walls that you have the EMULSION paint on will have to be 'scratched/keyed' through to the plaster and sealed with the appropriate primer prior to ANY tiling under 300x300mm
If you wish to use the 600x300 porcelain tiles you may take this opportunity to remove/cover all the stud plaster skimmed walls and mechanically fix plasterboard/backer board to give yourself a surface that will take the 30kg/sq mt required for the new tiling.
Yo may also wish to tank the 'wet' areas as an added precaution.
Hope this and the other posts help in your choice of tile.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Hi
I have just joined as looking for advice. I have bought 600x300 10 mm wall & floor tiles and now worried if these will be to heavy for my bathroom walls. My house is timber kit with plasterboard walls. Shall I just change for smaller tiles as all adhesives seem to have a limitation of 300x300. Would the Mapei super flexible adhes be suitable.

Poppy one of the biggest concerns I had about my own bathroom five years ago was identical to yours. Would the walls support the weight of those damn porcelain tiles that I had just gone out and bought. They were SO HEAVY to lift... But I have to say if you follow the advice on here then you will be fine.

To-date my walls are still standing and my tiles are still fixed solid. But you are right to seek advice. If you are at all unsure ask the shop that sold you the tiles to recommend a good tiler. If you are considering doing this job yourself - dont. Get a pro in with lots of experience. They will be able to assure you of material choices. When it comes to large format porcelain tiles of 600x300 I would always insist you use a professional installer who has a checkable back history.

Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten. http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/favourite/gucci_slogan

 

[DHTiling]

Hello and welcome..

 

[Rich]

Good advice above. To be honest it would be ideal to reboard the walls with a cement cement board. I would be worries about any damage done to the plasterboard when the old tiles were removed and would want to get the best substrate to tile onto as I could.

As John says above, tanking the wet areas is always a very good idea but if you go with a cement board (and fit it to the manufactureres specs) you should not need to as they will not be damaged with water as a plasterboard will be.