newbie, 600x300 wall tiling in ensuite

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El Kabong!

Hi,

Great forum 🙂

I have only ever helped with tiling before.... 45x45 floor tiles.

I am now about to tile my ensuite.

I have 600x600 porcelain floor tiles. I think I will be OK with this.

I have matching 600x300 wall tiles and I am a bit worried.

From browsing topics I have more or less decided not to do a brick pattern, and to just lay in straight vertical lines.

However, I'm not sure about surface prep.

I had to strip the room down to nothing. I am just about to put the plasterboard back on the studs. It is green "water resistant" and not that thick really, but very very heavy. I am just using drywall nails to tap it in.


Will this be enough for 600x300 porcelain tiles????

The tile I am using was not overly cheap. It is the Atlas Concorde Glow the technical specs can be found here:
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Perhaps I should be using a different type of board, or different method of attaching it????

I have many many other questions but let's take things slowly....

Thanks.
 
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my own personal editor too.... neato thanks.

i need help getting this right. I ballsed up a radiator and ended up having to replace 15 of them and this room has been out of action for 2 months now 🙂
 
How thick is the plasterboard? If you screw it back to the studs correctly then it should be fine.
 
hi kabong,i would screw the plasterboard onto the studs

i assume its 12.5mm thick...not sure you actually get m resis in 9mm anyways
 
hi mate , i would say take your time and dont rush it , make sure the walls are nice n flat and most importantly enjoy what you do .
 
hi mate , i would say take your time and dont rush it , make sure the walls are nice n flat and most importantly enjoy what you do .

That sound's like the best advice I've heard on here for a while:hurray:

:welcome:El Kabong
 
Your'll find moisture resistant plasterboard come in at 12.5mm and needs screwing with a course thread to stud work..
 
Hi, OK so it is 12.5mm and I will get herself to pick up some screws today.

The stuff is 8*4 and is REALLY heavy. I cannot move an 8*4 by myself. I am a bit weedy but it is a large piece.

So, I have resorted to cutting them in half. I was going to them fix up the gaps. I know this is probably going to defeat the purpose of the waterproofing but if the horizontal join is above 4 foot high then I guess it will not matter too much, where it counts... in the shower area.

Any thoughts?
 

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