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Hi, I'm hoping someone here can help me out with some bathroom tiling related queries!
A couple of months ago I stripped off the tiles in our bathroom. As the tiles came down they pulled off a lot of the backing plaster and revealed the bricks/thermal blocks underneath. As the bathroom was tiled from floor to ceiling on all four sides this left a bit of an ugly, bumpy mess. To patch things up I PVA'd the wall and slapped on a layer of hardwall. Now, after sorting out the plumbing I've got to the stage where I'd like to put up the new tiles. The tiles are quite chunky, 30cm x 60cm x 0.9cm, and weigh about 22kg per square meter.
I've bought some Bal SBR and originally I had hope to get away with coating the hardwall with the SBR and tiling on to that. However, after doing lots of research online it sounds like tiling over hardwall with or without the SBR as a primer is a big no-no. Is this correct?
Unfortunately we don't have enough room to board over the walls. The bathroom is tiny and I've already had to chase the bath 2cm in to the wall. If I put aquaboards up I'd be encasing the bath in place, which just sounds messy.
I am now thinking about putting on a skim of multifinish, and then putting the SBR on top of that. Question is - does this sound like a sensible idea? The tile weight is slightly over the 20kg per square meter recommendation for gypsum plaster, but i'm hoping I can get away with it. At least, it sounds preferable to the alternative of tiling over the hardwall at any rate.
Anyway ideas/pointers would be massively appreciated!
Many thanks!
A couple of months ago I stripped off the tiles in our bathroom. As the tiles came down they pulled off a lot of the backing plaster and revealed the bricks/thermal blocks underneath. As the bathroom was tiled from floor to ceiling on all four sides this left a bit of an ugly, bumpy mess. To patch things up I PVA'd the wall and slapped on a layer of hardwall. Now, after sorting out the plumbing I've got to the stage where I'd like to put up the new tiles. The tiles are quite chunky, 30cm x 60cm x 0.9cm, and weigh about 22kg per square meter.
I've bought some Bal SBR and originally I had hope to get away with coating the hardwall with the SBR and tiling on to that. However, after doing lots of research online it sounds like tiling over hardwall with or without the SBR as a primer is a big no-no. Is this correct?
Unfortunately we don't have enough room to board over the walls. The bathroom is tiny and I've already had to chase the bath 2cm in to the wall. If I put aquaboards up I'd be encasing the bath in place, which just sounds messy.
I am now thinking about putting on a skim of multifinish, and then putting the SBR on top of that. Question is - does this sound like a sensible idea? The tile weight is slightly over the 20kg per square meter recommendation for gypsum plaster, but i'm hoping I can get away with it. At least, it sounds preferable to the alternative of tiling over the hardwall at any rate.
Anyway ideas/pointers would be massively appreciated!
Many thanks!