New to tiling - How to prepare

[dobbadobbs]

Absolutely fantastic Rich - Thanks very much.

20.9 kg per pack of the Wickes tiles - just had a call from them - that is calculated roughly based on pallett weight though!

Each pack covers 1.08m2, so I think it will be borderline with grout and adhesive added.

Rich - I will see if I can find a tile giant on the store locater.

Thanks again.

Do you have a Tile Giant near you? If so I would recommend Mapei products for the lot. The floor shouldn't need priming, I would over board with a 6mm cement board and then tile with a single part flexible adhesive like Keraquick. If you intend to tile directly onto the ply then I would recommend that you use a 2-part system, keraquick with laytex plus. The most important thing with the floor is to make sure that there is no movement in it at all. You must eliminate all bounce in the ply.

The walls will need a cement based adhesive, again I would prob go with Keraquick if you want a rapid setting adhesive or maybe Keraflex Maxi or Mapeker if you need a bit more time to work with it. The walls will need to be primed with primer G before tiling. Have a look through the link below and see where the nearest Tile Giant is to you. If you go in there and have a chat, they will sort you out with everything you need.



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[dobbadobbs]

Hi all,

I've since had the 2 stud walls replaced with Aquapanel and had the 2 outside walls skimmed again with Hard wall. I am starting to get slightly concerned now that this might not be the best option. Foolishly, I thought hard wall was a sand and cement based product, but on reflection I am aware now this is gypsum based.

What is the best course of action from this point?

My bathroom is very small, so I would have to strip the hard wall off to board. Stuck in a catch 22 again now as I think the best option is to pull off the hardwall (which is going to be a nightmare) and then sand and cement it.

Devastated as we've had to pay for another plasterer to flatten the walls (they are now perfectly flat, just the wrong substrate)

Any advice how to take this forward would be greatly appreciated.