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Tiling preparation.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:06 am
by Zork
Hello. Im currently decorating my bathroom and am preparing the walls around the bath, (which will have a shower ), for tiling. The walls will be plaster board. 1. Should i use moisture resistant board or normal if its being tanked? 2. If normal, then what thickness? 3. What adhesive / grout is best for this.(Ceramic tiles, don't know the size yet). Finally, is the Mapei all in one shower kit suitable for tanking this? Any help would be appreciated.
Re: Tiling preparation.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:26 am
by Colour Republic
you can use standard plasterboard at 12.5mm and tank or if you want to strengthen further 15mm (9.5mm has too much flex in most cases)
Go for a flexible cement based (bagged) adhesive and flexible grout
Re: Tiling preparation.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:23 pm
by Zork
Ok, thanks.
Re fixing the plaster board. My wall is half stud and half solid wall. I was going to screw the board to the wood, then use adhesive and masonary nails to fix it to the solid side. ( I like to over engineer!).
Does that sound ok?