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Oddbod
I've set about replacing our shower and the tiled area above it. The old shower's out, but getting the tiles off the wall has been a chore because they were well stuck with a black bitumen-like adhesive. The wall is a stud wall, with dual sheets of plasterboard, and removing the tiles has resulted in some fairly large chunks (max 15mm deep) of the plasterboard surface having pulled away.
The damaged area overall isn't really big enough to warrant cutting out and replacing the plasterboard, so I'm guessing it would be okay to fill the damaged areas with some kind of plaster or adhesive, and this is where I need some advice.
I did buy some 'finishing plaster' assuming this would dry hard and strong, but it's nothing like. It's dried brittle and dusty, is cracking, has failed to stick to the damaged areas and it's falling out already, so tiling onto that would be a disaster.
Please could somebody advise me what kind of plaster/filler/adhesive I need to use to make good the damage to the plasterboard walls, and which will be solid enough and adhere sufficiently to provide a sturdy base for re-tiling?
Thanks so much.
The damaged area overall isn't really big enough to warrant cutting out and replacing the plasterboard, so I'm guessing it would be okay to fill the damaged areas with some kind of plaster or adhesive, and this is where I need some advice.
I did buy some 'finishing plaster' assuming this would dry hard and strong, but it's nothing like. It's dried brittle and dusty, is cracking, has failed to stick to the damaged areas and it's falling out already, so tiling onto that would be a disaster.
Please could somebody advise me what kind of plaster/filler/adhesive I need to use to make good the damage to the plasterboard walls, and which will be solid enough and adhere sufficiently to provide a sturdy base for re-tiling?
Thanks so much.