Tiles used for skirting

[edie]

Greetings one and all.

I have been asked to put some tiles up as skirting.
The wall where the tiles are to be placed is wallpaper so the tiles will obviously not stick.
I was thinking of buying some very thin wood or MDF and screwing this to the existing wall.
Then glueing the tiles to the wood or MDF.

What do people think?
Is this a good idea and what glue should I use?
Should I use MDF or something else?
The skirting will not get damp, it is not a wet environment.

Many thanks.

 

[White Room]

Could'nt you strip the wallpaper where the tile will be fixed....

 

[edie]

Could'nt you strip the wallpaper where the tile will be fixed....

Plasterboard behind the wallpaper so not very strong either.
Also the plasterboard behind the wallpaper is in a very bad condition.
Probably best to start with a brand new surface.

 

[White Room]

Is the plasterboard on timber studwork...

 

[edie]

Is the plasterboard on timber studwork...

I hope so, I really do.
Something to screw my wood back board into into.
The customer does not want any screw holes in the tiles though so adhesive is a must.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

So at the moment its a wallpapered wall that goes straight to the floor? ie. there's no existing skirting to be removed?

 

[White Room]

I hope so, I really do.
Something to screw my wood back board into into.
The customer does not want any screw holes in the tiles though so adhesive is a must.

Thats the last thing I was thinking....

 

[edie]

So at the moment its a wallpapered wall that goes straight to the floor? ie. there's no existing skirting to be removed?

Correct, no skirting to be removed.

 

[edie]

Thats the last thing I was thinking....

Please tell me, what were you thinking?

 

[White Room]

My first thought was to try and remove a very small area of wallpaper, then tile to the bare plasterboard..

 

[edie]

My first thought was to try and remove a very small area of wallpaper, then tile to the bare plasterboard..

The problem is the customer has a very young son who keeps pulling stuff off the walls so the tiling/skirting has to be extra strong if you know what I mean.

Plasterboard doesn't seem strong enough to me that's why I wanted to put a back off some sort on it anchored into the wall then use very strong adhesive to stick the tiles on.

Do you think this is a good idea people?

 

[Chalker]

If that's what she wants. You could cut out the plasterboard to the height of the skirting tile. Then cut down some no more ply or hardie backer board to the same height. Screw this to the timbers, then tile.

 

[edie]

If that's what she wants. You could cut out the plasterboard to the height of the skirting tile. Then cut down some no more ply or hardie backer board to the same height. Screw this to the timbers, then tile.

Fantastic.

That's the answer and I thank you for it.

What back board would people recommend?
And more importantly what glue?

I will cut the tiles myself out of some old tiles kicking about.

 

[widler]

If you put plasterboard on and tile and the kid pulls it off, he be one strong kid

 

[White Room]

If that's what she wants. You could cut out the plasterboard to the height of the skirting tile. Then cut down some no more ply or hardie backer board to the same height. Screw this to the timbers, then tile.

If you cut it out to the top of the skirting the plasterboard has no support, I would cut 25mm below the skirt line and fix some timber behind the bottom of the plasterboard to stop any chance of it bowing.