Removing skirting before tiling

[Playford79]

I've pulled off skirting in bathroom as getting a tiled floor put down then the tile going up the wall a few inches instead of skirting.

One wall when I pulled skirting off has a two inch gap a bottom of plasterboard. That will need to be tiled over.

Thinking cut strip of tile backer board or wood then either wire mesh or mesh tape and plaster over it?

What do you all think? Looking the best/easiest approach.

 

[ktuludays]

Fill it with tile adhesive

 

[domdee]

Backer board for sure. I'd probably go a bit higher than the finished tile hight so the joint isn't on the edge of the tiles. Then you'll be able to feather the joint in with plaster of filler

 

[Playford79]

@ktuludays, It's a stud wall, so there's a big gap? Maybe I'm not understanding?

 

[domdee]

the gap is to big to gobb up with tile adhesive.

 

[Playford79]

Backer board for sure. I'd probably go a bit higher than the finished tile hight so the joint isn't on the edge of the tiles. Then you'll be able to feather the joint in with plaster of filler

The tiles will go above the join, almost like skirting. Thinking backer board then and fill joins and any damaged bits with gyproc easy fill. Just thick enough backer board so it's flush with board/plaster?

 

[domdee]

If there is any movement between the joint of the bb and pb it could loosen the tiles so I would make sure the tile is on a full piece of backer board and the joint is an inch or so above. how thick is the plaster board? wickes do a 10mm or 12mm board. I think either would be suitable.