time it takes for plaster skim to cure before tiling

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Can anyone advise the required time it takes to cure a repaired wall before tiling.
I have had to repair a wall with bonding and a plaster skim before tiling in a shower cubicle. The bonding is about 15mm and the skim 2mm.
What timescale should i leave it?
Thanks
 
Varys, especially in his weather, have you got any heat in the room? You can usually see when plasters dry. (standing by to be shot down on that on though)
 
It looks dry on the surface but at 15mm bonding not necessarily under the surface. The addy i used the other day, it WAS tubbed said 4 weeks!

I always leave the window open as well as heat if its available, the moving air will help loads.

I been thinking about investing in a damp meter for the same reasons.
 
It looks dry on the surface but at 15mm bonding not necessarily under the surface. The addy i used the other day, it WAS tubbed
said 4 weeks!

I always leave the window open as well as heat if its available, the moving air will help loads.

I been thinking about investing in a damp meter for the same reasons.



Dont use tubbed addy
:ban::ban:
 
approx 17 days. I would leave it three weeks to make sure its dry.

or you could use gypsum based addy......
 
2-4 weeks for me, depending on the time of year and depending whether its skim over plasterboard or skim over backing plaster...
 
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Thanks for all contributers.
The area i'm talking about is 1/2 square metre, with 10 x 8 inch tiles. its a repair rather than a full wall, should i still wait a month?????
 

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