Nightmare removal!!

[robbieraven]

Any thoughts folks, I have come to remove a set of tiles from a plaster boarded bathroom. They have been tiled previously tile on tile and the adhesive is so thick I have never seen anything like it. No ribs in the adhesive just thick and lots of it. As a result the plaster boards walls are getting seriously messed up as I'm trying to bolster them off. The client is away on holiday and am not sure what to do. I could potentially go on top again as I can see no way of getting them off with destroying the walls.

Any suggestions?

:mad2:

 

[Ian]

Is it dot and dabbed plaster board or screwed to stud? Best plan is remove and replace, it will be a little easier if it's stud work.

 

[DHTiling]

As above, simply rip out and replace...much quicker.

 

[The D]

as above

 

[robbieraven]

It's dob and dabbed. I may just have to leave the job till the customer gets back.

 

[Ian]

How many square metres is the room?

 

[Stewart]

I never remove tiles from plasterboard.... just rip down plasterboard and replace, much quicker and a nice new surface to tile to.

 

[nybor62]

thats a shame

 

[DHTiling]

It's dob and dabbed. I may just have to leave the job till the customer gets back.

Just pull it down and take pics as you progress to show customer... if you are worried about not getting paid for extra work then i agree, leave it till they come back.. but this close to xmas!!! then a decision might have to be made if it is to be finished by xmas..?

 

[ian158]

can you not take pictures and send it to them by text, they can give you an answer and agree surely, I would not leave it until they get back, im sure they have gone away while you do the bathroom, id replace plaster board, dot and dab is easy enough.

 

[ian158]

On a recent job we stripped tiles and the plaster just fell of, amazed the tiles stayed up, dot and dab and voila

 

[DHTiling]

On a recent job we stripped tiles and the plaster just fell of, amazed the tiles stayed up, dot and dab and voila

Picture 2..... you want shooting....

 

[Ian]

On a recent job we stripped tiles and the plaster just fell of, amazed the tiles stayed up, dot and dab and voila

Standing on the bath :yikes: Hope the customer didn't see that!

 

[Ian]

Picture 2..... you want shooting....

Snap!!

 

[ian158]

it was what we were ripping out, it was all to be skipped, whats wrong with standing on it ?

 

[Stewart]

Picture 2..... you want shooting....

Lol......


Created on iPhone.....

 

[ian158]

i,e it was a complete rip out, see picture 3 !!!!

 

[DHTiling]

it was what we were ripping out, it was all to be skipped, whats wrong with standing on it ?

That's ok then... thought you posted finished pic as well 🙂

 

[ian158]

sorry, I don't just tile I do the whole thing, plump, tile, plaster, yes yes I know so Im not a professional tiler, but i have work until march so I cant be that bad !

 

[DHTiling]

pmsl.. we were not doubting your ability, just standing on an unprotected bath.🙂

 

[Ian]

sorry, I don't just tile I do the whole thing, plump, tile, plaster, yes yes I know so Im not a professional tiler, but i have work until march so I cant be that bad !

No one is questioning your ability, it just looked like a picture of you standing on the bath while tiling, not ripping out. No offence meant! You'd be surprised what we see on here.

 

[ian158]

unprotected bath that was in the skip later that afternoon, could you not see the two baths are different ?

 

[Stef]

A man after my own heart,

Rip it out & start again.



My downstairs toilet, still a work in progress after about 5 months though.

 

[DHTiling]

Chill out..... we reailise now....

 

[ian158]

123456789 10.. and breath

 

[Bathfix Bob]

I'm involved in a similar job, customers on holiday and nightmare tiling. Got the floor tiled today (job nearing completion) but was half a tile short, the biggest peice I had was 12mm too short.

Wickes tiles supplied by customer so thats another hour and a half wasted tomorrow while I go and get them.