Depth of adhesive

[marko56]

Am about to tile my corner shower enclosure - one wall aquapanel, one skimmed - I've tanked both and am using 500 x 250 ceramics with bal supercover rapid flex - my problem is with the skimmed wall - I knew there was a slight bow in it but having used a decent length spirit level I now realise it is worse than I first thought - basically if I use 2/3 mm of adhesive at the bottom and top of wall I would need to use about 8 - 10mm half way up to keep everything true - I need to tile to the ceiling because I've tanked to there. Bal instructions say adhesive can be used up to 12mm in depth for localised area but when I phoned their technical dept for advicse he advised against this because of the risk of shrinkage of adhesive and ultimately tiles falling on me head:yikes:. The area that needs this depth of adhesive is from about 0.75 m high to 2 m high. I await and deserve any abuse that comes my way:lol: and any advice if possible!

 

[doug boardley]

bal, don't you just love them and their after sales service:mad2:

 

[doug boardley]

...but tbh Marko, it looks like you may have to go for raking cuts as your walls are out of plumb, better that than padding out with adhesive imo

 

[DHTiling]

12mm and BAL say NO to 8 to 10mm..

Use Mapei Kera-flex Maxi then.. 15mm depth no probs..

 

[marko56]

scuse my ignorance but what are raking cuts?

 

[marko56]

had a quick look online - about £25 for 20kg - more than happy with that - would I be restricted on grout manufacturer ?

 

[DHTiling]

would I be restricted on grout manufacturer ?

not at all.

 

[Scott]

Raking cuts are the cuts you get in the corner than can show the 'rake' or angle of the cut agains thte adjoining wall

 

[marko56]

thanks for your help again everyone