mosasic tiling

prof.peeweeplop · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:44 pm Post Subject: mosasic tiling

somebody told me that i need to use a cement based tile adhesive and grout to tile around a bath/shower unit. is this correct-thanks

AFH Dan · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:00 am Post Subject: Re: mosasic tiling

prof.peeweeplop wrote:

somebody told me that i need to use a cement based tile adhesive and grout to tile around a bath/shower unit. is this correct-thanks

You need a class AA which comes in a cement form (bag) and dispersion form (bucket).

Class AA is water resistant and won't break back down with water but water can pass through it so you could do with really tanking the background firstly if you background isn't water resistant (plaster, plasterboard, wood etc)

The only adhesive you don't need to use is a class B which will go back to a soggy form when it gets wet. They should say on the back of the tubs what class and type they are.

malawihap · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:53 am Post Subject:

And dont apply the cement to thick with mosaics .

AFH Dan · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:41 pm Post Subject:

If the job still hasn't been done, let me know, I think i have a write up somewhere on my PC still about fixing mosaics.

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linus1 · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:05 am Post Subject:

AFH Dan wrote:

If the job still hasn't been done, let me know, I think i have a write up somewhere on my PC still about fixing mosaics.

i know this post is pretty old, but if you still have that write up i could really do with it. i need to mosaic tile my bathroom and am new to tiling so i'm trying to read up as much as possible about it