Weight limit on painted plasterboard

[Flintstone]

It's suggesting you stick the board onto the wall with tile adhesive only, and you can use fasterners temporarily. I assume it means on to plaster

 

[One Day]

I've stuck Wedi and Kerdi onto blocks without backing up with fasteners, but on a skimmed wall or a render I was unsure of, I'd want fasteners in also!

 

[Flintstone]

That's what they are suggesting tho isn't it? Does it spread the weight of the tiles out, essentially making it like one large weight mass instead of individual tiles

 

[Old Mod]

It's suggesting you stick the board onto the wall with tile adhesive only, and you can use fasterners temporarily. I assume it means on to plaster

That's American Andy.
Things are done differently for all sorts of reasons.

 

[Flintstone]

How can something like that be so different ??
It does make sense, can some one find out ? Your a connected man Marc!

 

[Dumbo]

To my mind on a skimmed wall you would need mechanical back up or else you just as well tile straight onto the skim .
By the way any body considered how horrible some of this work is going to be to take apart when someone wants to change their Tiles

 

[Old Mod]

How can something like that be so different ??
It does make sense, can some one find out ?

What makes sense?
Temp fixings?
Safer to leave them in.
Personally wouldn't fix boards to a wall without them.

 

[Flintstone]

It makes sense to me that it spreads the tile load out when you stick a board on, I don't do over boarding etc but it's something I'm interested in offering.

 

[Perry]

Take the plasterboard down and replace it with new. Would this be the easiest and cheapest option?