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After some good advice on Tile Adhesive.
The bathroom in our flat had melamine walls, and gaps/holes in the floor boards. The floor is now sorted and new bathroom suite in.
The bath will have a shower above it. The bathwall is solid (brick, plaster), apart from the huge void where a supporting wall was pulled out and then covered with the melamine. This I have filled with a sand and cement mix. The rest of the walls I have plasterboarded and the one at the end of the bath latexed (dunlop kit). Other walls have been plasterboarded.
I went to Topps Tiles....(please don't shoot me), B and Q had nothing I liked. They had a tile I really liked so got them, bought waterproof grout and fix from B and Q, returned it. Then went back to Topps who after 30 mins talked me into buying their Toppfix single part flexible trade adhesive for £30 (normally £40) and Bal waterproof grout.
Tiles 6mm thick, 248 by 398, to cover about 7 meters squared. Can't sleep worrying about this, not happy that product does not mention water resistance. He also managed to flog me a Grout protector, at the end of the day Topps man is not going to refund me if they fall down no matter how good he says this tile adhesive is (he assures me half trade in torbay use it). He was very reluctant to let me look at other products.
Can someone recommend a suitable adhesive I am liking the look of CTF 3 Bal Tile Adhesive for Walls and Floor. I am just so confused! Water seems to be my enemy. I have tiled before and never debated so much. Driving the other half mad with my bathroom obsession.
Picture of bathroom before major stripping out but with one piece of melamine removed.
The bathroom in our flat had melamine walls, and gaps/holes in the floor boards. The floor is now sorted and new bathroom suite in.
The bath will have a shower above it. The bathwall is solid (brick, plaster), apart from the huge void where a supporting wall was pulled out and then covered with the melamine. This I have filled with a sand and cement mix. The rest of the walls I have plasterboarded and the one at the end of the bath latexed (dunlop kit). Other walls have been plasterboarded.
I went to Topps Tiles....(please don't shoot me), B and Q had nothing I liked. They had a tile I really liked so got them, bought waterproof grout and fix from B and Q, returned it. Then went back to Topps who after 30 mins talked me into buying their Toppfix single part flexible trade adhesive for £30 (normally £40) and Bal waterproof grout.
Tiles 6mm thick, 248 by 398, to cover about 7 meters squared. Can't sleep worrying about this, not happy that product does not mention water resistance. He also managed to flog me a Grout protector, at the end of the day Topps man is not going to refund me if they fall down no matter how good he says this tile adhesive is (he assures me half trade in torbay use it). He was very reluctant to let me look at other products.
Can someone recommend a suitable adhesive I am liking the look of CTF 3 Bal Tile Adhesive for Walls and Floor. I am just so confused! Water seems to be my enemy. I have tiled before and never debated so much. Driving the other half mad with my bathroom obsession.
Picture of bathroom before major stripping out but with one piece of melamine removed.
