Help with first bathroom wall tiling job

[mike2020]

Hello,

Nice to be on this forum, I am trying to tile my bathroom wall as the builders only did about a fifth of it when it was built (house built 3 year ago) and I was wondering if I could get some advice.

The existing tiles is a Porcelanosa bali nieve 20x31.6. what is the best adhesive to use for this, can I just use general adhesive like the Wicks own brand?

cheers

Mike

 

[Qwerty]

What is the surface of the wall made of that you are tiling?

I would steer clear of any DIY shed own brands and go with a bagged cement adhesive from the likes of Mapei, Tilemaster, BAL, Weber or Bostik.

Have you considered contacting a reputable tiler, or advertising the job on here?

 

[mike2020]

What is the surface of the wall made of that you are tiling?

I would steer clear of any DIY shed own brands and go with a bagged cement adhesive from the likes of Mapei, Tilemaster, BAL, Weber or Bostik.

Have you considered contacting a reputable tiler, or advertising the job on here?

hi,

It is a plasterboard, yes i was looking at the the Bal on Topps tiles Bal Green Star 15kg | Topps Tiles - http://www.toppstiles.co.uk/tprod2927/bal-green-star-15kg.html.

it is for a small area, like i said in my previous post there already tiles on the wall, just looking to add a few more to it.

 

[Dumbo]

As @Plan Tec Tiling said a cement based bagged adhesive is best but to be fair I expect your existing tiles have been put on using a ready mix but bal green star is not a very nice adhesive to use it is cheap . If you really want to use ready mix probably better of spending more money on something like bal whitestar if you are going to stick with topps tiles .

 

[Qwerty]

Is the plasterboard bare or painted?

 

[GoneGuy]

Could you post some pictures of the job to help us understand better? Will be easier for some of us to give advice

 

[mike2020]

Hello,

thanks for all your reply. @Plan Tec Tiling the wall is painted @jcrtiling am not really fixed on using topp tiles i just got suggested that, so what ever is the best option i am open minded. I will also like to mention that in future we could be putting a power shower in there. i have attached some pics hope they help.

 

[sticky bob]

They ain't Bali niece. They are Jersey mix

 

[mike2020]

They ain't Bali niece. They are Jersey mix

the top tiles are, but the rest are bali nieve

 

[mike2020]

Hi Guys,

any suggestions/recommendation please

thanks

 

[Qwerty]

Remove paint from the walls to be tiled.
Prime walls with acrylic primer.
Fix new tiles to walls using a standard setting bagged cement adhesive.
Grout with a bagged cement based grout.

 

[Qwerty]

I would steer clear of any DIY shed own brands and go with a bagged cement adhesive from the likes of Mapei, Tilemaster, BAL, Weber or Bostik.

What I recommended before ^^^^

 

[Andy Allen]

Is there anything specific you want to know about....?

 

[mike2020]

What I recommended before ^^^^

So basically any from cement based adhesive from those brands should be ok for the job?

 

[mike2020]

Remove paint from the walls to be tiled.
Prime walls with acrylic primer.
Fix new tiles to walls using a standard setting bagged cement adhesive.
Grout with a bagged cement based grout.

thanks

 

[mike2020]

Is there anything specific you want to know about....?

I was wondering if there was a standout specific adhesive i should be using, but from everyone's comment I guess it isn't like that