plastered wall for limestome 600 by 300

[merit]

hi all
just been to price a job ,customer opened up bathroom and toilet and knocked two rooms into one,[stevie wonder must have plastered the toilet side,when he was a lad]:lol:
hes wanting to use limestome 10mm thick 600 by 300 tiles.
i explained about weight issues on plastered walls and that i would have to correct this.
i was going to timber frame it and clad in 10mm hardi on the longest wall ,but remaining walls need to be sorted as well.
is it remove all plaster and dot and dab, its an old house and cant really tell if walls havent
blown or not

thanks in advance

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

i would remove the plaster back to the brick as a precaution and board the whole room. explain to the customer your concerns about the weight and the obvious cost of these tiles and that although it will cost them more than they had planned it is the only way to go with this job.

chris

 

[Stewart]

Sound advice above.....

 

[nybor62]

im with cj on this will there be a shower , consider tanking as well

 

[Del W]

If the client is ok with it,go back to brick.If you do it all from there correctly,you'll be confident all through the job and the client will see a good result. Win Win.

 

[merit]

client has done all the prepwork himself ,so obviously knows best
its a wet room with impey on floor, 100mm upstand, ufh ,walls around shower are hardi with no tanking,but remainder
plaster works,old house high ceilings ect,
as usual every thing in place to tile,all ready to go.
one of those you wish em all the best and walk away me thinks

 

[Alan.P]

yep, as you say, if he won't see reason walk, in fact run, I wouldn't touch it.

 

[Scott]

I think your right judge it on your own....merit See what i did there?

 

[DHTiling]

Just so you know.. in case customer thinks only 10mm build out.

Hardibacker is 6mm for hardi 250 and 12mm for hardi 500.. there is no 10 mm..

 

[White Room]

You can only tell the customer what is required for the tiles, if they won't listen then time for the offski.

 

[merit]

yea made me mind up keep on walking when he shut the door behind me

cheers all