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I have read all through the Homelux site but cannot find any mention of weight restrictions at all for their waterproof matting system. As they do not reply to any of my emails does anyone know what the restrictions are? I have travertine wall tiles to put up. The substrate will be...

Hi All I am now considering Trav instead of trav effect ceramic tiles for the bathroom project...! Just a question its so heavy, are there any issue with peoples floors giving way.....lol....? I am only using 20 sqm in a small room but it weighs a ton literaly...

I am doing out my bathroom in quartz 30cmx 30cm tiles which weight 2.15kg each. Im tiling 2 tiles high around the bath (so a height of 55cm (below bath rim) to 115cm exc gaps and trim). The wall that spans the length of the bath is plastered 12.5mm plasterboard which was cemented onto...

Hello guys, If you're presented with a job that has significantly uneven plastered walls and you're using porcelain (or any other heavy tile), how do fix them without exceeding the 20kgm2 weight limit? I'm familiar with BAL and Mapei thick bed adhesives, however I'm assuming these wouldn't be...

I have read on forum before that plaster board can take 32kilos per m2 and skimmed walls can take i think it was 25 k per m2 ,just of a matter of intrest what can dot and dabbed plaster board take.oh and i forgot to mention is it best not to use tubed gear to dot and dab with.

Could anyone help me with a guesstimate of the weight of a glazed porcelain tile 600 x 400 x 10.8mm of Spanish manufacture? I think it will be too heavy to fix onto plastered bathroom walls.

i dont mean tile to wall more belly to buckle.So with all the eating and drinking who has piled on the pounds?

my heavy paddle mixer packed in today so looking a new one any ideas want a small light weight one that does not cost too much not fussy about make as long as it does the job!:thumbsup:

Hi Lads and lassies, Was out pricing a job today that entails tiling over a previously tiled bathroom walled area ,17m2 in size . The client is adamant that the in-situ tiles are to stay put ( apart from the loose and broken ones) and covered with the new new ceramic tiles they have...

hiya lads , start a bathroom soon ,walls have just been plastered,bonding and finish,onto concrete block wall, am i right its 28kg it can take inc addy/grout? thanks ,steve

Hi all Daryl aka captain slow, is helping me with my wetroom but I have just come accross a problem and seeing as he is sunning it up in Egypt I don't want to pester him. I just went to order the tiles which are 30 x 30 9mm floor/wall porcelain tiles and found out they're out of stock. They...

Hi all, first question following a short intro over at the intro page. I'm just about to start fitting out an en-suite and bathroom in the extension I'm just completing at my place. Anyway, I've committed THE cardinal sin of changing my mind (or more accurately having my mind changed for me by...

Hi All, Just a quick question about how much floor tiles can hold in weight. I am tiling my bathroom floor with standard 10mm ceramic tiles (300mm x 300mm). I will also be installing a stand alone cast iron column radiator that measures 30cm x 30cm x 50cm. The radiator stands on four legs...

Hi all I know the weight limits for normal plasterboard, either 32kpm2 (or 20kpm2 if skimmed) but does anyone know the stats for the thermaline stuff? I'm doing a bathroom using 610x610 filled and polished travertine, and the walls were lined in thermaline. I told the customer that I couldn't...

Can I use 10mm thick, 1" by 1" stone mosaic tiles on a part cement rendered part plastered solid wall? Weight of tiles is about 24kg per sqm plus grout & adhesive of 3 kg or so. The wall will form part of a shower cubicle and will be prepared with BAL WP1. Many thanks, Phil

Wheres that weight to surface ratio table cant seem to find it any where. Cheers Lucius,

A customer is looking at using 600 x 900 x 12mm porcelain on walls of a new extension. Weight of tile is 14.22 Kg each that equates to about 26.5 Kg/m2. What is the limit that various substrates can cope with? Looking at breeze block walls for some of the area that may have first coat of plaster...

hi all,doing a job where the customer has chosen 600 by 600 polished porc tiles for his walls,,walls are newly boarded and skimmed,,,only tiling a bulkhead which goes to about waist height ,i kno skimmed walls is 20 k a sq metre will these tiles exceed that?

Got a job with 300x300 travertine mosaics ( individual tiles are about 30mm ish each) . When i went round to quote last week i explained to customer that i was worried about the weight of tiles and the substrate. The walls are plasterboard, skimmed and painted. I measured the tile sample they...

There seems to be some confusion on weight of tiles that can be used on plaster board with a number of figures being banded around from varying sources. These are extracts from British Gypsum plaster board manufacturers tiling document issued April 2006 and is their current standing on the...