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452varmint
Hello, i just first joined up and this is my first post so i hope this is posted in the right place.
I'm looking for some advice re tiling in bathrooms.
I'm making some alterations at home, relocating the main bathroom and adding an ensuite to the main bedroom.
At the minute the stud work has just went up and I'm just at the first fix stage getting wires / pipes and grounds in.
The ensuite is only 900mm wide (width of the shower) so it has stud wall on one side and two block walls.
In the main bathroom the shower will go in a corner and at least wall (probably both) will be studs.
I intend to have the walls tiled floor to ceiling in both rooms.
I'm a spark and was asking a tiler on a job what way i should prep the walls, he said not to bother with plaster board but to cover the stud with 19mm exterior grade plywood and then give it a couple of coats with a PVA glue / water mix, a tiler would just tile straight onto that.
He reckoned the most important thing is making the studs as solid as possible and that the ply was the best way to do this.
A plumber told me that "wadi board" (spl ???) was what most people use now but i haven't heard of that before ?
The other walls are uneven and will need to be plastered but I'm wondering if they should be plastered with finish or just levelled with a sand and cement "scratch coat".
Any help would be much appreciated.
I'm looking for some advice re tiling in bathrooms.
I'm making some alterations at home, relocating the main bathroom and adding an ensuite to the main bedroom.
At the minute the stud work has just went up and I'm just at the first fix stage getting wires / pipes and grounds in.
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The ensuite is only 900mm wide (width of the shower) so it has stud wall on one side and two block walls.
In the main bathroom the shower will go in a corner and at least wall (probably both) will be studs.
I intend to have the walls tiled floor to ceiling in both rooms.
I'm a spark and was asking a tiler on a job what way i should prep the walls, he said not to bother with plaster board but to cover the stud with 19mm exterior grade plywood and then give it a couple of coats with a PVA glue / water mix, a tiler would just tile straight onto that.
He reckoned the most important thing is making the studs as solid as possible and that the ply was the best way to do this.
A plumber told me that "wadi board" (spl ???) was what most people use now but i haven't heard of that before ?
The other walls are uneven and will need to be plastered but I'm wondering if they should be plastered with finish or just levelled with a sand and cement "scratch coat".
Any help would be much appreciated.