What products should be used Bathroom please

[annie132]

Builder has plastered some walls in new bathrooms (those I just want to paint) and left plasterboard on other walls where I want my porcelain tiles. Some of these plasterboard walls will be in shower enclosure. I've read load of threads and know that you professionals have favourite products...but what products would you expect Tiler be using for prep, adhesive and grout....particularly in showers?

 

[DHTiling]

Personally i use Mapei adhesives..

Any tile giant store will sell you these..

Mapei P9 for the walls or maybe mapei mapeker just depends how fast he tiles as to which one to use.
And grout would be either mapei FF grout or Mapei Ultra colour.

 

[annie132]

Just had a look at the Tile Giant website and found a shop in Derby. Mapei do a shower waterproofing product. Would this be used instead of primer please? Think my questions are not stretching you much!...but answers very useful to me

 

[White Room]

Primer is not a tanking system, it isolates the surface from the adhesive

 

[annie132]

Thanks for that...so Tiler will need Primer, Tanking (mapei showerproofing), adhesive (mapei P9), grout (mapei FF) and Silicon

 

[White Room]

If you are supplying, yes, if the tiler supplies it may be different makes.

 

[annie132]

I will ask them what products they want to use before buying them myself. I asked for a price for the tiling only as want to ensure I pay for the materials at cost. My experience from other craftsmen/tradesmen has been that this is not always the case. I now understand a lot more about the materials (thanks to all that have contributed to this forum). With some more research on retailers web-sites, I will hopefully be able to have a sensible conversation about what materials they want....and why they choose a particular product over another. Thank you so much for your help.

 

[The D]

lol it may cost you more than it costs the tiler. when i do a quote i pass on my discount on materials so it may be worth getting a price of him.

 

[annie132]

Just thought I'd add something before logging off. If someone is reading this and asking themselves why is this daft old bat bothering with this stuff about materials when she has a Tiler on the job? I think you need to do some work before you commission any expert or professional to do a job for you. You need to know what questions to ask. This applies to all experts...solicitors, doctors or tilers. True professionals will welcome your interest as you struggle to understand. The patience of those professionals who replied to this thread bears me out.

 

[Mike]

the mapei tanking kit has the primer included

 

[annie132]

Thanks deanotile....good advice.