Bathroom tiles

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I am currently removing all the tiles in my bathroom but most of the plaster skim coat is coming down as well.

Instead of reskiming the walls could i fit sheets of 6mm marine ply to the walls and then retile on the top of the ply so that i am tiling to a nice flat surface?

If i can do i need to coat the ply with pva first?
 
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But if your walls are now not flat & you fit ply, the ply wont be flat. It may get hollow spots & when you lean on the tiles they may flex off.

If you are only lossing 2/3mm of plaster you can tile back onto that, probably need to seal with pva. Im sure you will get a plasters opinon soon.
 
If your wall isn't too bad, I'd reconsider getting it skimmed - it shouldn't cost you that much.
If you decide to overboard it, I'd recommend using aquapanel instead of ply.
Remember to tank the walls before you tile in the shower area though.
 
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dot an dab/then screw them plaster boards, bare brick walls ...:)

wet areas above bath /shower area
cement backer boards , an *tank*

hope this helps :)
 

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