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Another point - in the original post you mention that the wall was only skimmed - is that correct as the clinker/building block should ideally have an undercoat on - that being a plaster coat or a sand and cement render before the finish coat. Please clarify because if it is just a finish coat the moisture absorption may be too high for any other coatings.
If the tiler would have said the tiles won't go on that wall or they need this and that doing I'd have gone with it so the job is done correctly even if it is a bit more expensive.with regards to that wall it is clinker block which had been mortared the skimmed as far as I can remember.
 
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If the tiler would have said the tiles won't go on that wall or they need this and that doing I'd have gone with it so the job is done correctly even if it is a bit more expensive.with regards to that wall it is clinker block which had been mortared the skimmed as far as I can remember.
The wall has never been tiled previously.
 

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