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Hi

This is my first post.......


Im currently renovating an 110 yr cottage and am looking to tile travtine 600mm x 400mm in the bathroom. unfortunatley, but as expected the walls are severley bowed and uneven upto 1cm over 1mtr in places.

Reading previous posts suggestions are to;

-board out the walls with aquaboard or similar...this is not an option as the room is that small i cannot afford to lose any space as the bathroom is only 2 x 3 mtrs.

-Replaster - last option

-build ueven areas up with adhesive- gaps are too big to do this.


Im kicking myself for buying large tiles not just buying mosaics, as surely smaller tiles will not protude as much I have been toying cutting the travertine into smaller 200mm x 200mm tiles. has anyone done this before? will the edges be noticable on the cut sides?

The other option is try and even the walls skimming. How is this done? is it easy to do?

Cheers

Hi Daniel,

For best results, you need to dot and dab plasterboard on, yes you will loose a bit of floor area, but not much. As you say, Aquapanel for any shower areas.

S

1cm in 1mtr is not "severely bowed" for a 110yr cottage Wimpey couldnt achieve 1 in 100 in the 1960's.

It is however an issue for tiles that size and good results admittedly.

What is the current wall surface? Is it even suitable for tiling onto? Most plaster over 30yrs old is fubarred let alone older.

This might be of some help...
http://www.mapei.it/Referenze/Multimedi ... lan_gb.pdf

Also bear in mind that the travertine is likely to weigh at least 30 kgs mer sq mtr which is 50% above the weight limit in BS for fixing onto plaster. I would over-board with plasterboard, hardie, NMP or similar.