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richardlee
Hello.
I am an electrician seeking some tiling advise. I live in Deal in Kent and have recently bought a house. I am going to tile the bathroom, I stripped the old tiles off the wall which is old plaster, the house is 1930's, alot of plaster/render came off the wall below the bath height where I guess it has got damp over the years, so I have chopped it all off below this height but it is still on the wall above this and is nice and strong.
So at the moment, most of the walls are covered in old but strong render and plaster but where I have chopped the loose stuff off, I have bare brick. I am going to be fitting travertine tiles all over and wandered if you guys could recommend how best to prep the walls.
Thanks for reading my first post!
Richard
I am an electrician seeking some tiling advise. I live in Deal in Kent and have recently bought a house. I am going to tile the bathroom, I stripped the old tiles off the wall which is old plaster, the house is 1930's, alot of plaster/render came off the wall below the bath height where I guess it has got damp over the years, so I have chopped it all off below this height but it is still on the wall above this and is nice and strong.
So at the moment, most of the walls are covered in old but strong render and plaster but where I have chopped the loose stuff off, I have bare brick. I am going to be fitting travertine tiles all over and wandered if you guys could recommend how best to prep the walls.
- I was thinking of using some sand and cement on the brick to render the surface level with the old plaster and then tile directly to this, would this be ok?
- There will be a pumped shower over the bath and was wandering if I should use cement board on this area or whether the original plastered surface will be ok for this.
Thanks for reading my first post!
Richard