Help, window out of plane / Bal adhesive

[DHTiling]

I don't recommend it either, like i said above but my point was that it will do 20mm depth.. as in it is capable of that bed depth..

 

[Tats]

I don't recommend it either, like i said above but my point was that it will do 20mm depth.. as in it is capable of that bed depth..

yes it will do 20mm depth but as the topic at the time was about bedding out a wall and it was a diyer that asked he may very well of not reaslised what you were saying.

 

[Colour Republic]

To be honest the OP said he only need to sort out a 10-12mm difference and I kinder thought he was talking about leveling the wall out with adhesive waiting for it set them carry on tiling as normal, but I could be wrong.

By the way OP, you say you noticed the floor adhesive could go to 20mm which would of course suggest it is a cement based adhesive as it should be, but that kinda implies the wall tile adhesive is not and that means it may be a ready mixed tub adhesive. You then go on to say the wall tiles are 60x30, If you wall tile adhesive is ready mixed then i'm afraid it is not suitable for those sized tiles

 

[geordie13]

CR If i take the window angle irons off and level the window front to the bulk of the wall, I am probably going to be left with a 6 - 10 mm hollow in the worst corner. Did wonder about using the floor adhesive to build it up, before applying the tile with a 2nd layer of adhesive.

You are right in that the wall adhesive supplied with the tiles is a tub adhesive. I wondered about this and asked the guy who supplied it and he assured me that it was ok, He seemed to know quite a bit about tiling, but I.m no expert. The adhesive he supplied was Profix for ceramic wall tiles. Is this definitely unsuitable or is it personnel preference?

 

[Colour Republic]

You are right in that the wall adhesive supplied with the tiles is a tub adhesive. I wondered about this and asked the guy who supplied it and he assured me that it was ok, He seemed to know quite a bit about tiling, but I.m no expert. The adhesive he supplied was Profix for ceramic wall tiles. Is this definitely unsuitable or is it personnel preference?

unsuitable without a doubt.

maximum with tubbed adhesive is 300x300 and even then most on here wouldn't go that big with tubbed, in fact most wouldn't go with a tubbed ahesive in a bathroom but that bit is personal preference.

Take the adhesive back, poke the guy in the eye and smash a tile on his head then maybe next time he will remember not to give out duff information

 

[geordie13]

CR Not the answer I wanted, but its best to get it right before you fix the tiles. Back to my tile supplier.

Many thanks.

 

[Colour Republic]

No problem.

You say the wall is stud work so I would advise you go for a flexible cement based adhesive.

Just one more thing how thick are these tiles and what substrate are you fixing to? is it plaster skim? there are weight issues to be taken in to account with certain heavy tiles

It would be helpful if you could weigh a tile

Sorry to throw something else in to the mix but it's best that these tiles stay on the wall i'm sure you'll agree

 

[geordie13]

The substrate is plasterboard, not skimmed. I am doing two rooms, in one the tiles are 450 * 300 and the others are 600 * 300. The pack of the first tile weighs 28 kgs and holds 12 tiles, so they should be 2.33 kg each. The larger tiles are 26kgs for 8 tiles, 3.25 kg each.

The tiles came from different suppliers and both are adamant that the tub is OK. As you say, its bad enough fixing them, so we certainly want them to stay on the wall.

 

[White Room]

Tub gear for those tiles:smilielol5:

 

[GaryS]

is it the internals round the window that is out or the wall ? if its just the internals rip off the old plasterboard and replace with new strips using wedges behind plasterboard to make sure it is level when you replace, or if you have space you can just put strips of new plasterboard over the old and either dot and dab or use the wedges to get it level before you start to tile.