Hi,
I am currently repairing an area of tiles which had come loose, in a shower.
They are in the bottom of a recess, which is actually a window frame (still has a window on the outside, with boarding in between.
When I removed the tiles, the old adhesive was very crumbly, and when removed there was a gap of over 30mm down to the bricks of the windowsill.
Rather than trying to fill that gap with adhesive, I instead filled it with some mix in the tub mortar (about 25mm depth), which has been drying for 5 days now (at 20c and humidity of 50%).
I will be using Mapei Plaster Primer to prime before using Evo-Stik tile adhesive.
My reading of the instructions on the primer are that it should be used undiluted and that I should apply after 2 weeks of drying (on "cement:sand renders").
Just wondering how much I need to adhere to the 2 weeks, because this is the only shower in the house and so I would like to get the job done as soon as I can, but also want to make sure it is a decent job.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
I am currently repairing an area of tiles which had come loose, in a shower.
They are in the bottom of a recess, which is actually a window frame (still has a window on the outside, with boarding in between.
When I removed the tiles, the old adhesive was very crumbly, and when removed there was a gap of over 30mm down to the bricks of the windowsill.
Rather than trying to fill that gap with adhesive, I instead filled it with some mix in the tub mortar (about 25mm depth), which has been drying for 5 days now (at 20c and humidity of 50%).
I will be using Mapei Plaster Primer to prime before using Evo-Stik tile adhesive.
My reading of the instructions on the primer are that it should be used undiluted and that I should apply after 2 weeks of drying (on "cement:sand renders").
Just wondering how much I need to adhere to the 2 weeks, because this is the only shower in the house and so I would like to get the job done as soon as I can, but also want to make sure it is a decent job.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.