I've just removed the tiles from around my bath which is bordered by brick walls on two sides and a plywood partition with shower on the third. I plan to replace the plywood with Aquapanel but am not sure what to do with the wall which runs the length of the bath and takes the brunt of the shower spray.
The top half of this wall is plaster which is in pretty good condition other than having lost it's finishing coat when the tiles came off.
The bottom half is a patchy mixture of original 1950's tile cement (thick, hard, well attached and flush with the plaster layer above), what I think is a layer of render where the old tile cement has come off and bare brick.
If I just patch this up what will be the best stuff to use, mortar/render/plaster? I the intend to tank it and re tile it.
Or should I take the whole wall back to brick and re plaster the lot before tiling?
Or would it be best to take the lot off and Aquapanel it all?
The top half of this wall is plaster which is in pretty good condition other than having lost it's finishing coat when the tiles came off.
The bottom half is a patchy mixture of original 1950's tile cement (thick, hard, well attached and flush with the plaster layer above), what I think is a layer of render where the old tile cement has come off and bare brick.
If I just patch this up what will be the best stuff to use, mortar/render/plaster? I the intend to tank it and re tile it.
Or should I take the whole wall back to brick and re plaster the lot before tiling?
Or would it be best to take the lot off and Aquapanel it all?