Fixing tiles with plasterboard adhesive - Tile Advice

[White Room]

I was in Topps a few months back and there was a guy in there who wanted enough adhesive for one tile, they were trying to charge him £18 for a 3.5kg bag of BAL something or other! I had about 5kg of Weber SPF left in a bag and told him he could have it for a fiver. I wish I'd taken a pic of the salesman's face.

Bet you out of there faster than a whippet with the fiver Bri :lol:

 

[Ian]

Bet you out of there faster than a whippet with the fiver Bri :lol:

Tucked it straight into my under crackers and legged it before someone grassed me in for doing a cash job

 

[John Benton]

Someone once told me about a builder who always used drywall on concrete floors and they stuck like wotsit to a blanket. Not that I am saying I would do it. I WOULDN'T!!!

 

[Ian]

Someone once told me about a builder who always used drywall on concrete floors and they stuck like wotsit to a blanket. Not that I am saying I would do it. I WOULDN'T!!!

Being gypsum based, I bet it works a treat on anhydrite! I'm not testing out my theory though!

 

[John Benton]

Being gypsum based, I bet it works a treat on anhydrite! I'm not testing out my theory though!

Go on Bri, do it - let us know how you get on

 

[Ian]

Go on Bri, do it - let us know how you get on

I'll wait til a 200 metre floor comes up, that's probably a decent area to test it on

 

[Ajax123]

No reason why plasterboard adhesive would not stick tiles, just like silicone will... I have actually done both in the past but not on a paying job. Silicones two of my bathroom tiles on the bottom row and they've never moved. Also used plasterboard adhesive Asa. Mortar between boss blocks in a wall in my ensuite. All as solid now as they were then. On a paying job I would be worried about it going wrong. In my bathroom it's my fault and will only cost me a couple of tiles if it goes wrong.

 

[White Room]

Silicone mmmmmmmmmm nice

 

[Chalker]

A few years back I was re- fitting a boiler after the floor had been taken back for a damp problem. Quarry tiles on the floor and as soon as I wheeled the boiler back in the tiles started to lift up.

they had been fitted by the damp proofing guys who had used "finish plaster" to stick AND grout.!!

 

[Linda C]

I have googled the very same question. Helpful answers, thank you. Think I'll be buying the proper stuff.

 

[Bexxxxxx]

You can get a half bag of Mapei rapidset for about 15 quid at Screwfix.