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Hi Everyone, I’m a new DIY tiler looking to do my bathroom and downstairs toilet. The amount of adhesives and grouts out there is a little overwhelming and confusing for us newbies so was hoping for someone to shed some light on which ones would be best for me…

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The bathroom has new plasterboard walls and the floors are old wooden boards which I will overlay with backer boards before tile.

The downstairs toilet is concrete floor, good quality and flat with plasterboard walls but these have white emulsion on them which I was planning on sanding back... (?)

I’ll be tile the walls and floors in both rooms, I would guess that flexible variants would be the best options?? I was looking at Bal single part flexible https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ and superflex grout?? These are pretty pricey though!

Any alternatives would be appreciated :)

Also I was planning on tanking the shower area which is over the bath using Mapei Shower Waterpoofing Kit (from B&Q) is this any good??

Thanks in advance!
 

Hobnob

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Do you have any tile shops close to you?
I prefer to avoid diy shops as they don’t regularly monitor https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ / grout expiry dates and they certainly don’t control tile batch codes.
If the walls are painted plasterboard it is probably easier to diagonally score the boards with a blade to make a series of diamonds pattern and then prime with an acrylic primer.
Any single part flexible https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ should be fine but why not discuss the options with your preferred supplier?
 
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Do you have any tile shops close to you?
I prefer to avoid diy shops as they don’t regularly monitor https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ / grout expiry dates and they certainly don’t control tile batch codes.
If the walls are painted plasterboard it is probably easier to diagonally score the boards with a blade to make a series of diamonds pattern and then prime with an acrylic primer.
Any single part flexible https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ should be fine but why not discuss the options with your preferred supplier?

Yeah there’s a Topps Tiles nearby but I wasn’t sure if they would be biased towards certain brands or if they’d just try and sell me their own stuff. Thought I’d get a better representation from people who actually use the stuff as opposed to those who sell it…

I’m leaning towards Ultra Tilefix ProSS Flex https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ and their ProGrout Flexible products.

Wouldn’t scoring the plasterboards damage the integrity of them though? I was of the belief that the strength of the board was in the paper and if that’s broken then it’s not as strong…
 

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Admittedly, I was assuming a skimmed plasterboard so I guess some of the prep is dependent on whether the walls are dry lined and painted or skimmed plasterboard 🤷🏼‍♂️

I have used the Topps own stuff many times and actually find it all right. I also like to use the Ultra SPES https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ too, so I would say that you are on the right track 👍🏼
 
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Admittedly, I was assuming a skimmed plasterboard so I guess some of the prep is dependent on whether the walls are dry lined and painted or skimmed plasterboard 🤷🏼‍♂️

I have used the Topps own stuff many times and actually find it all right. I also like to use the Ultra SPES https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ too, so I would say that you are on the right track 👍🏼
Yeah dry line and painted, so im hoping sanding back a bit and sealing it will do the trick.
Cool Thankyou, good to know Topps own brand isn’t too bad either!
 

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