PVA on walls.

[orange peel]

although it not what id use now, but when I started tiling which is over 30 years ago nearly every tiler used PVA, cant say I came across any problems ,

 

[Chalker]

although it not what id use now, but when I started tiling which is over 30 years ago nearly every tiler used PVA, cant say I came across any problems ,

Thats why I like replacing bathrooms that are over 8-10 years old. You just know the tiles will come off easy.
hope I don't have to replace anything that has had cement board, acrylic primer, c2 adhesive. Will have to demolish the house round it!

 

[Colour Republic]

I'm sure it's the same guy who, in another of his highly informative videos, advises to grout the gap between the bath and tiles! Apparently silicone stops water getting back out from behind the tiles, I'll see if I can find it.

Yeap same guy Bri

In the first 5 mins he claims

- You don't need to waterproof anything in bathroom
- Use a sponge to apply grout
- Half fill the bath with water BEFORE tiling
- Don't use silicone around a bath, use grout instead

 

[White Room]

I decided not to waste 13 minutes of my life listening to waffle...

 

[orange peel]

Thats why I like replacing bathrooms that are over 8-10 years old. You just know the tiles will come off easy.
hope I don't have to replace anything that has had cement board, acrylic primer, c2 adhesive. Will have to demolish the house round it!

that's a safe combination you're using Chalker would take some getting off ,

as regards to the bathrooms that was tiled 8-10yr + do tend to come of easy that could be other combination of other thing as well, such as cheap tub adhesive are wall prep ,if its just down to pva then is it suitable just putting acrylic primer on top like am sure most of us do

 

[afright]

When I first started my Boss would never use PVA that was in the 70s always used Bal primer and was the stuff deadly It would stain a plastic bath and was highly inflammable,one tiler had a flashover whilst priming a kitchen when the boiler came on.

 

[swanman]

looks like Auto holland has bit the dust

 

[Time's Ran Out]

When I first started my Boss would never use PVA that was in the 70s always used Bal primer and was the stuff deadly It would stain a plastic bath and was highly inflammable,one tiler had a flashover whilst priming a kitchen when the boiler came on.

It was an Acetone primer and as an apprentice that happened to me - pilot light from cooker - when it went out the only mark was on my underpants! The next worse was Ardex Neoprene primer!
But never ever had a tile problem with them.

 

[Fliselege]

Yeap same guy Bri

In the first 5 mins he claims

- You don't need to waterproof anything in bathroom
- Use a sponge to apply grout
- Half fill the bath with water BEFORE tiling
- Don't use silicone around a bath, use grout instead

[video=youtube;y3sNnEe1Ym0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3sNnEe1Ym0&list=UUaaxHw3FYVTz3Bhzluloi2A& index=325[/video]

Why are you knocking his methods? Brilliant if you ask me. We'll have lots of future work putting his jobs right. I like the bloke. ;-)

 

[afright]

Grout float a bathroom ,God ! I must be getting thru hundreds of floats.

 

[Ian]

Good grief, they've got a book!!

 

[widler]

Did i hear him say ' it should take twice as long to grout than tile ' **** me 3 days to tile a bathroom 6 DAYS TO GROUT ,
Or was i hearing things

 

[Stef]

I just watched that & can't believe the advice he is giving out.
You don't have to waterproof behind the tiles as the tiles are waterproof, but you don't silicone onto the bath as if there's water behind the tiles then it can run back into the bath!!! WTF...

 

[Dan]

Just dragging this old tripe up to post this link: http://www.tilersforums.com/threads...ys-use-a-primer-when-tiling-and-not-pva.2511/