Tiling Onto Plasterboard In Shower
Does that sound ok.
Tiling onto plasterboard in shower. The customer also wants a mosaic feature running from ceiling to floor about 12 wide but not on the. Dec 3 2007 1 i have a job coming up where a 2ft wide section of wall has been repaired with plasterboard. A second vote for aquapanel here it s what we ended up having to replace the plasterboard with.
Am confused by so much conflicting advice info about what needs to be done first to tile onto moisture resistant plasterboard. Thanks for any replys guys geordie guy feb 16. Tiling onto plasterboard walls.
The wedi board wedi shower system includes special bonding agents referred to as wedi caulk though is much more than caulk that waterproofs the seams in the corners as well as the joints where the 3 5 board pieces join together. You ll only need it in the shower area the rest of the bathroom will be fine onto plasterboard. My builder dot and dab moisture resistant green knauf plasterboard onto the bathroom brick wall where a shower cubical is going to be installed.
He plans to tile over that. Having had a bathroom tiled straight on to plasterboard by the previous owners of the house i would definitely not recommend it. Iv just bought a big tub of tiling adhesive for the job also when your tiling into a corner and need to cut that last tile in half do u start the next wall with the remainig tile or do you use a new tile.
Discussion in tilers talk started by geordie guy feb 16 2010. Compare this to the common practice of tiling over drywall and you get the idea that you have a totally different shower by using a product that is meant to function in the shower. Page 1 of 2 1 2 next geordie guy new member.
Internal partition walls are new moisture resistant plasterboard being replacements for ruined old stramut strawboard walls can i tile. Time lapse duration. You only need to use the water resistant plasterboard around the areas that are going to get soaked from the shower tank it then tile it.
The aquaboard stuff might be 3 times the price and a pain to work with but it s only about 12 a sheet and you shouldn t need many. The rest of the room is fine for tiling onto normal plasterboard. Now this plasterboard will be inside the shower cubicle and i was wondering what is the best method of tiling onto it.
I must have done a really good job of it with good tile adhesive good well applied grout and a good grout sealer because 30 years later that same shower looks the way it did when i took my first shower in it 30 years ago. Should i ask him to do it differently. 30 years ago i tiled a shower space directly onto regular plasterboard not even the green water resistant stuff.
Sal diblasi 586 610 views. Maybe just maybe we re all too gullible when it comes to marketeers making us believe we need their products.
