Advice on slate tiles

[Broadway]

Morning guys,

After some advce on tiling our bathroom floor and walls.

We have decided on slate tiles 40x40 calibrated slate, can we tile straight onto the plastered wall (multi finish)

And can I use 6mm hardibacker boards for the floor ? Or would I need the 12mm?

Floor size is 5m2 (floor boards)

We have stud wall at shower end of bath what water resistant board would you recommend ?

Thanks

 

[faithhealer]

welcome to the forum, fast answer, absolutley noway can you put those tiles on a plastered wall
please read Tiles and Adhesive Weight Per Square Metre - THE TILE SOURCE
Any water resistant board will do, what ever is availale from your local tile shop, not diy chain

 

[faithhealer]

6mm hardie is ok if floor is rigid

 

[DHTiling]

You can use 6mm hardi on the walls if you bed it and screw it...

Slate is deffo too much weight..

View attachment 17589

View attachment HardieBacker EN installation 200810 masonry walls.pdf

Here are some pics and info on installing hardi 250 (6mm) onto walls..

 

[Broadway]

Thanks faithhealer, how would fix the aqua board to the plastered wall batten the wall or screw and dab?

As for the floor I ve not noticed any movement when walking on it!

Thanks again

Adam

 

[faithhealer]

Thanks faithhealer, how would fix the aqua board to the plastered wall batten the wall or screw and dab?

As for the floor I ve not noticed any movement when walking on it!

Thanks again

Adam

what Dave said Adam. As for the floor, glass of water on the floor and jump on the floor, see how much movement there is

 

[Broadway]

Thanks Dave !
How much movement can there be in the floor?

 

[DHTiling]

How long is a piece of string.. we cannot see what you can.. so it is upto you to decide this..

 

[Broadway]

Thanks Dave another question I'm setting up the shower diverter so I'm left with enough thread once we have tiled to screw the front plate on, can anyone let me know how much adhesive is needed tile size is now 300x300 10mm thick, at the moment I ve fitted the 12mm hardiebacker and used a bit of 12mm plaster board acting as my tile but unsure on how much extra I should leave for adhesive ?

Thanks

 

[easyt]

When I tiled mine I had no problem. I used a Showepl8 and the nixer gear fixed to a half inch pipes that came out through the plate. I simply made sure that the plate wa well back and left 9 inch of pipe sticking out until I finished tiling. Sounds like you are having to think carefully.

 

[Broadway]

Here's some pictures of the diverter (wall still needs more noggins and insulation)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/c13bro/10610f55.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/c13bro/21bb8497.jpg

Yeah lots of careful planning needed!

Just got to make sure I'm going to leave enough thread once we have tiled to fit the front plate of the shower diverter, other idea was to use uncalibrated 6-10mm tiles on that part of the wall ?