Recent content by Talisker74

Hi Vinn, Yep still about. :) What is your thinking for hacking it back to brick? Can I not just prime the wall with SBR first? The left hand edge of tiles had parts with without that bonding plaster. It seemed pretty solid, took effort for me to chip off the tiles and then scrape off the...

Haha, Yea I was thinking this wall will be a dream to tile... but then its me that is doing it... so we will see :) Worst case... if they fall off they might slice through an artery... but at least i wont be crushed to death under that bonding plaster :D Thanks for your help Terry. Appreciate...

Thanks Terry, I'll be sure to get grout and tile adhesive. Well, when i was taking off the thinner parts of bonding plaster I accidentally nicked a mm or two of the grey stuff. It is about 1-2mm thick and there is a dark brown surface underneath. It has a sort of gritty texture. Certainly...

Hi Terry, Thanks mate! I figured something was trying to be achieved... even though it seemed wrong :) Yep its ground floor. I hacked it all off this afternoon. Just smooth wall now. I was just going to grout directly on to this but maybe that's not a good idea? Cheers M

Here we go... Im no plasterer but this cant be right :) Its a party wall.

Hi Terry, Both!! It was 12mm thick and had blown off. I got some pics on my phone... 2 sec and I'll upload them.. M

Hi All, I had removed a shower fitted by previous owner of my property. Two sides of the wall where the shower was were tiled. Once I had removed the shower surround and base I could see that the tiles were bulging in the middle... so i began chipping them off.. Well the bulge was 12mm of sand...