Diary of an idiot tiler

[kevin67]

sorry mate but it is on wrong side

 

[Ron117]

Sorry mate, but its not a joke..... let your old man help but dont take his advice...lol good luck for your project

 

[DHTiling]

The plasterboard is on back to front....

Looks that way to me as well.. Oops

 

[devonmark]

tanking only needs to be where the water goes..

 

[Scott]

Sorryfella i wouldnt joke about that. Grey paper on the outside. Its a thicker paper than the brown. I wouldnt tile onto the brown side.

I tank about 2/3s up the wall in the shower area.

 

[paul78]

i believe you tiles are large so watch the weight. 20kg/m2 for skimmed surface and 32kg/m2 for unskimmed. you said your dad is going to skim.....

 

[TilingIdiot]

Right, spent 20 minutes on the phone tp my dad who#s being stubborn as a mule and currently in denial at his mistake.

Anyway, lesson learned so guess some good has come of it - Plasterboard now in the correct position.

Another question - I am screwing the plasterboard to the existing wooden panels that were underneath the previous plastersboard - Looks like plywood to me - Could be wrong.

Should I be concerned about the strength of this given that Im probably going to tile to the ceiling?

 

[aph257]

i wouldn't skim i'd just blend the thickness of the addy in. but best to take the radiator out to make it easier to tile.

 

[TilingIdiot]

Thanks to everyones responses so far.

Dad's admitted his mistake. In his defence apparently back in the day you could use plasterboard brown side out but apparently the manufacturing process has changed and now its light-side out only.

 

[White Room]

Thanks to everyones responses so far.

Dad's admitted his mistake. In his defence apparently back in the day you could use plasterboard brown side out but apparently the manufacturing process has changed and now its light-side out only.

Yes your Dad is right about 2 different sides, one light side for dry linning, darker for skimming but it's all one surface now..