Which Adhesives to use in Bathroom - DIY Question

[lawrenso]

Hi All,

going to be starting tiling my bathroom in the next week or two.

I am leaving the Bath out and the tiles that would be immediately butting to the bath due to the bath needing exact setting for the side panel (not cuttable for the height) so will be laying at least one lot of floor tiles that will be under the panel. Also, less chance of dropping a tile and damaging the bath :joker:

Wife has chosen some tiles from CTD (New World or something like that) that are 30*60 for the wall and going to be laying them out horizontal - not brick bond though!!

Two walls are Wet Plastered, 2 are studded, and I will be tanking along the edges of the bath, and the corners with the Dunlop system (shower will only be used occaisionally, however kids use the bath all the time and water goes everywhere.

Walls will be tiled floor to ceiling, with two lines of mosaic glass beads going round all the room (one line low - the other high).

I will be battening out using laser level.

So, what would be the best addy to use for good grab, but workability - ie make, tubbed etc and what quantity to do 20 sq m

I also have a bag of BAL flexy that I could use for the floor, but this is now about 14 months old - will it be any good

Cheers for any advice

Steve

 

[medlar]

The poster didn't specify what type of tile he was fixing, neither did I bother to look at the CTD site to determine what they are. 9mm thick porcelain tiles will be heavier than 9mm ceramics, and stone will generally be even heavier. He should still check out the weight of his tiles before fixing. I would hate for one to fall off and hit his child on the head in the bath!

I am with Grumpy all the way on this.whats the heaviest,i.e 600mmx300mm Ceramic,600mmx300mm,porcelain or 600mmx300mm limestone,they are all 9mm thick. They are all the same size but each tile has a different weight,