I am about to tile the walls and floor in bathroom. Should the walls (plasterboard) and the `overboarding` on the floor be PVA coated before tiling?
Floor wall tiling
Jun 30, 2019
Last reply: 7 years ago
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yes, if you don't want the tiles to stick :) Read the destructions & follow, some do say to PVA first but lay while it's wet. But if you apply & let it dry, PVA forms a slick surface.
NT
Also if its anything like some cheaply made houses near me, the wall was so weak, any impact on the other side tended to make a tile or two fall off in the bathroom. Maybe somebody needs to design bendable tiles? grin. Brian
In message <qfa399$liv$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, Brian Gaff snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
Use shower board. Similar cost to ceramic tiling and doesn't suffer from mould on grout lines.
No. Just use waterproofed grout
No need on plasterboard. If you use a decent adhesive. (Remember buying some Wickes brand stuff which was rubbish.)
OK question answered.
I used shower board in the other shower so wanting tiles on this one. The shower board looks nice but did find it a bit awkward to fit (on my own) I maybe made the tolerences a bit too tight as I cut to fit the shower cubicle and tiled the rest.
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