Help what adhesive & grout

[Ludmilla]

Complete Novice, which grout & adhesive would you recommend for 6x6 inch ceramic tiles to be tiled in brick style on good wall which has had tiles previously. I have 20 square meters to do, Topps tiles recommended Bal grip plus and that I should buy 20 ltr, which comes in at £57 (you have to buy over, which my builder asked I do so that is ok), but he didn't specify which grout or adhesive to buy and I can't contact him. Should I buy ready mixed as Bal appears to be or powdered and which grout, any help much appreciated.

Ludmimlla

 

[White Room]

Are tiles on a kitchen splash back or in a shower area...

 

[Ludmilla]

its a bathroom

 

[Andy Allen]

Nearly spat my morning coffee out...
£57 for a tub of adhesive. ..:yikes:

My advice. ...go to another tile shop and buy a bag of adhesive for less than £20 weber set plus or tile master to name but a few..

 

[Qwerty]

As above [emoji106]

 

[Ian]

If you are going to use a BAL adhesive, use CTF4 way cheaper than grip and its a proper powdered adhesive. My choice would be either standard set extrabond from tilemaster or set plus from weber, both slow setting powdered based adhesives.

 

[Ludmilla]

a 20kg bag of CTF4 is £27 and covers dry wall 8m2 & wet wall 6.6m2, so not sure it is that much cheaper as would need two bags coming in at £54, unless I have misunderstood?

 

[Ian]

a 20kg bag of CTF4 is £27 and covers dry wall 8m2 & wet wall 6.6m2, so not sure it is that much cheaper as would need two bags coming in at £54, unless I have misunderstood?

20 litres of grip will only cover 13.2m according to the label so you'll need 30 litres (2x 15 litre tubs which is £89.98 on Topps web site) and a powdered cement based adhesive is a better product.

 

[Ludmilla]

thank you I will look into this, very grateful for your advice

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Bigger picture,

is the builder tiling, or a tiler?