Tubbed adhesive

[Alan.P]

Grammatical error, we all make them

 

[Rolandk]

Just finishing off a floor and wall tiling job. Got great advice from here and used Keraquik throughout apart from tiling downstairs cloakroom walls where I switched to a Mapei tubbed addy part way through. This was because the job was a bit fiddly the addy was going off in the bucket before I'd used it all so wasting as much as I used. I decided it would be OK as the walls were flat new plasterboard and light tiles only 200 x 100 and it was Mapei and no hurry to grout them. After 2m of wall were done I came down next morning and decided I didn't like what I'd done! Only way I could get those tiles off was to rip down the plasterboard and start again!! So they were stuck OK! Like some of you say it's horses for courses. Wouldn't consider tubbed for floors and the combined addy/grout is just a bridge too far in my limited DIY experience!

Cheers,
Roland

 

[Daveshadowman]

I use Bal tub adhesive for most wall tiling and have never had a proplem,but i always use a powder for floors.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I use Bal tub adhesive for most wall tiling and have never had a proplem,but i always use a powder for floors.

I think you have explained what many feel and when tubbed adhesive was introduced in the early 70's Bal Tad was any excellent alternative in the market.
However as the trend for large format tiles has developed these manufacturers are putting limitations to the usage of their products.
Point of sale material from the adhesive manufacturers should be available in all outlets so the customer can check which adhesive is suitable for their tile choice.