False chimney breast..split face slate mosaic

[Ant]

Hi all

I'm a keen diy'er and have tiled the odd bathroom in the past.

I'm looking to build a false chimney breast in my living room (timber frame). I want to fix it with split face slate or quartzite mosaic.

I'm after advice on which board to fix.. I'm thinking hardiebacker or similar (6 or 12mm?)?? Would this be sufficient screwed directly to the timber frame or is there a better option.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Ant

 

[jimthetiler]

If it is just for decoration you can use normal plaster board as long as you skim the board with
a flexi adhesive.

 

[Ant]

Thanks mate, yeh it's purely for decoration, gonna tile the whole thing, put a tv and flat electric fire on there. I was a bit worried about the weights of the mosaics on plain plasterboard... is that not an issue in this case then?

So you mean just to put a thin coat of dlexi adhesive on the board, let dry and then tile as normal with the same adhesive?

 

[jimthetiler]

yes.

 

[Ant]

Thanks for that, one last question? Prime the board??

 

[Qwerty]

You require a dedicated tile backer board such as Hardibacker, Schluter, Marmox, Wedi etc. These can take the weight of tbe split face tiles

 

[Qwerty]

Mrs Stone Store | Questions and Answers | What can you recommend to stick slate mosaic split face tiles to my plaster wall...splashback? - https://mrs-stone-store.com/questions-and-answers/qa267/what-can-you-recommend-to-stick-slate-mosaic-split-face-tiles-to-my-plaster-wallsplashback/

 

[jimthetiler]

Thanks for that, one last question? Prime the board??

flexi adhesive needs no primer.

 

[mike t]

Hi all

I'm a keen diy'er and have tiled the odd bathroom in the past.

I'm looking to build a false chimney breast in my living room (timber frame). I want to fix it with split face slate or quartzite mosaic.

I'm after advice on which board to fix.. I'm thinking hardiebacker or similar (6 or 12mm?)?? Would this be sufficient screwed directly to the timber frame or is there a better option.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Ant

to be completely sure, wedi boards, marmox or jackoboards would be the best option. definitely get a good fixing then.

 

[jon@j2]

Plaster board and then prime , will be sufficient

 

[widler]

I think split faced stone is over 50kg m2 , plasterboard should only be tiled up to 32kg, I’ve tiled over plasterboard heavier that 32kg, but not by another 20ish kg.
Hardie all the way

 

[Qwerty]

Plaster board and then prime , will be sufficient

Not sufficient and is likely to fail