Hi,
I have in the last few days completely gutted my bathroom and had a tradesman friend (not a cowboy but a competant builder/plumber) refit and tile. As I had a budget I asked him just to slap a bit of undercoat plaster on the walls that were to be tiled.
My problem is this:- after 3 days it would appear that the tiles are not sticking to the walls. I klnow this as I wanted to change on that I had put up on Saturday and it came off far too easily and left no adhesive on the wall. The adhesive on the tile had gone very powdery/crumbly and I am now concerned that the whole b***ard lot will have to come off costing me hunders!!
The walls were pretty crap to begin with and to get the tiles level the adhesive was up to 7-8mm thick in some places (this obviously prevented being able to ''float'' the tiles onto the wall).
Why is this happening?? Crap adhesive (B & Q....groan) crap walls?
AShould I leave them to go off for longer, then grout and hope for the best??
Please help as I now have a massive stress headache and am ready to kill.
Cheers
I have in the last few days completely gutted my bathroom and had a tradesman friend (not a cowboy but a competant builder/plumber) refit and tile. As I had a budget I asked him just to slap a bit of undercoat plaster on the walls that were to be tiled.
My problem is this:- after 3 days it would appear that the tiles are not sticking to the walls. I klnow this as I wanted to change on that I had put up on Saturday and it came off far too easily and left no adhesive on the wall. The adhesive on the tile had gone very powdery/crumbly and I am now concerned that the whole b***ard lot will have to come off costing me hunders!!
The walls were pretty crap to begin with and to get the tiles level the adhesive was up to 7-8mm thick in some places (this obviously prevented being able to ''float'' the tiles onto the wall).
Why is this happening?? Crap adhesive (B & Q....groan) crap walls?
AShould I leave them to go off for longer, then grout and hope for the best??
Please help as I now have a massive stress headache and am ready to kill.
Cheers