Preping kitchen wall for tiling

[Amos_38]

hi all,
Some advice would be helpful, please

Currently taking old tiles off kitchen walls. Please see picture of the condition behind the tiles after taking them off.

Question is how do I go about preping the wall in order for me to re tile it? Eg method, good pre made adhesive, replaster, fill in the holes etc.

It looks like plaster behind the tiles and then the wall is some sort of cement?

Very new to diy but willing to give this project a go.

Thanks in advance.

 

[White Room]

Are you stripping all the mosaic off the walls and if so what tiles will you be replacing them with.

 

[Amos_38]

Hi,

Yes all the mosaic will be stripped and replaced with preferably subway tiles.

 

[Andy Allen]

Strip off the rest of the tiles, scrape off the old adhesive, prime, then replaster with one coat plaster, wait for it to dry then re-tile, .......if you want to use a tubbed adhesive, go to you local tile Shop for advice, and try to avoid the diy sheds, and avoid any adhesive that says it's a grout aswell as an adhesive..

 

[Amos_38]

Can I use one coat plaster to fill this in?

Thanks

 

[Andy Allen]

One coat plaster can go up to 13 mm thick so should be fine, make sure you prime the walls first .

 

[jimthetiler]

Another method would be to use powdered adhesive to repair the wall as when the adhesive is dry you can add more if there are lows in the wall or rub off any high spots with a stone(used to sharpen wood chisels etc)