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I need to fix a single tile as a sink splashback in a cloakroom. The tile is a 600mm x 300mm porcelain tile. It's the tiles that were used for the flooring. I don't have any tile adhesive but I do have some tubes of gripfill and dow 785 bacteria resistant silicone. As this is just a single tile is there any reason why I should not use gripfil or silicone rather than buying some tile adhesive for a single tile. The wall is plaster board. Cheers
 
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Yes, because it is the incorrect method fixing tiles and could fail. If you have no adhesive just buy some
 

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I need to fix a single tile as a sink splashback in a cloakroom. The tile is a 600mm x 300mm porcelain tile. It's the tiles that were used for the flooring. I don't have any tile adhesive but I do have some tubes of gripfill and dow 785 bacteria resistant silicone. As this is just a single tile is there any reason why I should not use gripfil or silicone rather than buying some tile adhesive for a single tile. The wall is plaster board. Cheers
If it was a few i would say no ,but for one tile i would say either will do it
 

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Whilst not the correct way to fix a tile .. Gripfill will do the job on this occasion.. It will stick like Sh## to a Blanket... :rolleyes:
 

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