Floor tiles on the wall ??????

[B1N9S]

I have just bought a load of tiles to do a bathroom. When I got them home I noticed the ones I bought for the wall said "Floor Tiles" on the box.

They are 600 x 300 x 9mm ceramic tiles and will be mainly bedded onto 12.5mm plasterboard (srewed to stud) dry walls (some to a height of 2.7M). Will this be a problem ?

Thanks

 

[tpt]

Theres no problem using a floor tile on a wall at all providing your using the correct preparation, adhesive etc.

The only issue you can run into is the weight and this is entirely dependant on the substrate. have a search for maximum weight on this forum and youll see that unplastered plasterboard is good for 32kg per sqm, but you need to allow 4kg/m for adhesive so if your tiles weight more that 28kg/sqm your might be struggling.

if your tiling in a wet area you should tank the plasterboard too.

 

[Richard C]

As tpt, tile weight could be an issue with plasterboard (which should be Moisture Resistant in bath/shower rooms) so you need to check; you may need to go to waterproof tile backer board (12mm only). If you use PB in wet areas you must tank if you want it to last but by the time you factor in the cost of tanking, it’s no more expensive to use tile backer board which is a much more suitable product.

Flexible powder cement adhesive only with tiles that size not tub ready mix. Plaster/plasterboard must be acrylic primed when using powder addy to prevent a reaction between the cement & gypsum in the PB.

Use only quality trade tiling products not cheap DIY, it’s generally crap; only prime if addy manufacture recommends it; not usual with powder addy; never use PVA.

If your tiling a suspended floor it needs special consideration; read tiling sticky & forum archive posts for more info & to avoid making potentially disastrous & expensive mistakes.