Adhesive brands.

[Zork]

Hello.
I'm about to tile around the bath which also has a shower. The substrate is plasterboard which will be tanked with the Mapei shower waterproofing stuff.

The tiles will be 361 x 276mm.

The advice I have so far is that a bagged adhesive is best.
Which product/brand for the adhesive and grout would be most suitable?

FInally what gap do I leave above the bath, or don't I leave a gap. ( For sealant).

Regards.

[Colour Republic]

Use Mapei seeing as you'bve started, a flexible bagged addy and flexible grout.

Leave a 3mm gap above the bath, grout the tiles leaving the 3mm gap CLEAR of grout, fill the bath 3/4 of water, silicone seal round the bath and let it set for 12 hours, empty bath and you're good to go

[Zork]

Ok. Thanks for that.

[Simon Site Manager]

Colour Republic, not being faceitous, but what else would you fill the bath with?

[Colour Republic]

Custard or bake beans take your pick ;)

[Zork]

Apart from the beans and custard, is Keraflex the product of choice? & is Keraflex Maxi the same without the dust?
Any idea where I can get 20kg bags. All I can find is 5kg. ( Southend-on-Sea, area).

Ta

[Colour Republic]

Tile Giant in Basildon. I think screwfix are the only ones to do 5KG

No the differences are Maxi is an S1 adhesive and can be applied thicker than the standard keraflex. So if you need to pack out some areas to level then Maxi is more suited

[Zork]

Thanks again