Advice Needed -- Bathroom Limestone walls

[Katrina2012]

Hi There

Im about to have my bathroom walls and floor fully tiled in natural limestone.

1. What is the correct proccdure to fix the tiles to the walls, considering my walls are currently painted white on plasterboard?

2. What is the best type of grout, sealent and adsive to use, considering its a bathroom?

3. What is the correct materials to use under the limestone flooring, considering its now woodern floorboards?

Im so worried its going to be correctly installed, i cant afford any mistakes.

Please advise on the best products for the job id prefer to pay out now to avoid mistakes further down the line......

 

[Dannym80]

You say you're having it done, does that mean you have a tiler to carry out the work? Or are you planning on doing it yourself?

 

[Katrina2012]

A tiler is doing the works but i need to supply the materials.

I also need to make sure no corners are cut, as I am the one to suffer down the line..

 

[bugs183]

Hiya. THe first thing is that the plasterboard walls are less than ideal for tiling because they have been painted, and i take it they were skimmed first. Tiling onto paint is a no no, and the skim on the plasterboard is not ideal as the limestone will be too heavy for the skim to take, the plaster board shouldn't have been skimmed, but ideally the walls would have been constructed from cement boards such as Marmox. These can easily carry the weight and are waterproof.
Always use white cement base adhesives and grout, not ready mixed tubbed adhesives. Bal and Mapei are the manufacturers to use.
As for the floor, there are many factors about how to tile too them
As above,are you doing this yourself??
Are you jst thinking of having this done, or have you had a tiler round to price.
If you've had one round if he was experienced he should have told you the points i have raised here.

 

[White Room]

Why is your tiler not supplying materials.....

 

[peteablard]

A tiler is doing the works but i need to supply the materials.

I also need to make sure no corners are cut, as I am the one to suffer down the line..

I may be wrong but I have alarm bells ringing already. If I was asking a customer to supply materials I'd give them a list of exactly what I wanted and where to get it from. How did you find the tiler? did he come recommended? Has he not given you any idea what to get?

 

[bugs183]

Well Katrina you've come too the right place here for advise.
There are lots of very experienced chaps here and we're all keen to help.
It looks like you may have done yourself a favour as it's ringing alarm bells, any tiler here will tell you that limestone tiling is not in anyway easy, and should only be carried out by experienced hands.

 

[kilty55]

hi there,have you asked your tiler for advice yet on this and waht did he say?

 

[Dave H]

I agree with peteblard, if I was doing job I would expect to be responsible for what I was using and either supply or give a list to customer

 

[nybor62]

your tiler should be giving you advice if he aint why?, i would allways supply materials on this kind of job, the fact he aint worries me.

do not jump in feet 1st with type of instulation , this is a job for a pro who understand the correct method of prep and fixing

were you based , you could advertise your job on here , there are alot of amazing tilers on here,
if the walls are skimmed as well as painted , probs need a full rip out and reboard, imo will cost more but will last alot longer than a bodge job

 

[Katrina2012]

Well. I hired a building company and the building company sent a tiler round, i did ask all these questions, actually the tiler had no idea
about the tiling and how it should be professionally fixed to the walls because I was explaining all this..
I have contacted the Builder and he said hes been doing bathrooms for 15 years etc.. i dont know cos everyone i get round to price
try to rip me off left right and center... my last quote for the tiling was REMOVED per sq meter including everything except the stone
and sealent...

 

[Katrina2012]

A tiler is doing the works but i need to supply the materials.

I also need to make sure no corners are cut, as I am the one to suffer down the line

 

[Katrina2012]

I gave the builder go ahead to start works this week... now im so worried!

So where would i post for quotes?

I cant see a section for that...

 

[Turkish tiler]

Well. I hired a building company and the building company sent a tiler round, i did ask all these questions, actually the tiler had no idea
about the tiling and how it should be professionally fixed to the walls because I was explaining all this..
I have contacted the Builder and he said hes been doing bathrooms for 15 years etc.. i dont know cos everyone i get round to price
try to rip me off left right and center... my last quote for the tiling was REMOVED per sq meter including everything except the stone
and sealent...

Hi Katrina welcome to TF
why don't you ask for a tiler here come and give you a proper advice and price ?

 

[White Room]

I gave the builder go ahead to start works this week... now im so worried!

So where would i post for quotes?

I cant see a section for that...

Sorry Katrina but no pricing in the open forum......but please reply via a PM for a pricing advise.