Bathroom Walls

[TheBigMatt]

Hi Fellas,

I have removed tiles (and half the wall...) in my bathroom. I am going to get is plastered before having it re-tiled.

1. should i only get it "bond" plastered or do i need a finish coat??

2. i have seen some people recommending that walls around baths and showers are "tanked" before the tiles are put up . Is this necessary?? The original wall tiles (including the ones from the original build 50 years ago) look like they were put on with cement render straight onto the bare wall.

cheers Matt

 

[gcol]

1. Yes you need it skimming.
2. It's not essential but it is recommended. It's more of a necessity when you've got small tiles - the more grout area, the more chance you have of greater amounts of moisture damage.
Yes they used to fit them like that, isn't it fun trying to remove them?

 

[TheBigMatt]

Thanks Gcol,

i am sure the plasterer will know what he's doing, but it's good to know what to ask for.

cheers Matt

 

[JonB]

Steel mesh & cement about an inch thick on my bathroom, built in the 40s.

 

[Moz]

TheBigMatt
do as Gcol says regarding skimming , its just the drying etc with tiling ..lol


JonB

lol..lol..lol..lol had it , have you seen a wood lathe turn to blocks of straw ..lol

or a cob wall upstairs from a 2 clay brick start

worse was the cinder block turning too mortored rubble/brickbat

Yeah great grand dad builders they Arent load bearing BUT ..FFS..lol...lol..lol..
an we think cowboy/dodgy builders are a modern thing ....lol
funny thing I saw was a time team show an it showed these roman builders had built a wall , as the excavated as they presenting about the Master Builders they were ...
an it turn out the wall was built on Dung ..lol ...lol...lol...lol.

 

[PilotPete]

You may want to have a read of this Moz! http://newindpress.com/sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=SEU20070406090403&eTitle=Interface&rLink=0 Perhaps not such a mad idea after all, although I doubt they think much about the tiler who is going to have to finish the walls!

 

[Moz]

PilotPete
Thanks for that ,
being a sad pathetic loser I am , I read all tiling stuff ..lol
but that paper ...nah
if it was in the The Sunday Sport ..lol..