Tiling plasterboard in bathroom

[markwm]

Just put up a new stud wall for a shower. It'll be boarded with 9.5mm plasterboard.

Before tiling it, is it wise to give it a quick skim coat with multi-finish/board-finish?

Just trying to make it a bit more robust as regard water ingress. The rest of the bathroom is simply skimmed plasterboard, tiled over in places and has been that way for 35 years and that's held up very well.

 

[gcol]

No need to skim plasterboard, but I would definitely tank around shower areas to make it waterproof.

 

[mpooley]

No need to skim plasterboard, but I would definitely tank around shower areas to make it waterproof.

what would you use to tank it please ?

Mike

 

[gcol]

http://www.trades-direct.co.uk/modules/shop/view.asp?Prodcode=9005-102

 

[toptec]

Gcol

Suddenly your sig looks like this;

"A man's gotta know his limitations."

Any idea why?

 

[mpooley]

http://www.trades-direct.co.uk/modules/shop/view.asp?Prodcode=9005-102

thanks!

 

[gcol]

Gcol

Suddenly your sig looks like this;

"A man's gotta know his limitations."

Any idea why?

It just appeared and was something to do with the apostrophe in "man's". I removed the apostrophe so it just said "mans" and all was well. Now it seems to have come back even though there is no apostrophe in my signature settings. I'll e-mail admin.
I have a similar problem when I want to type B & Q, if I write it without the spaces it appears as B&Q.

 

[DIYnot]

Hi, we're aware of the signature issue, it's nothing wrong your end, it is a problem this end, it will be sorted soon though.

 

[gcol]

Hi, we're aware of the signature issue, it's nothing wrong your end, it is a problem this end, it will be sorted soon though.

Result, thanks.

 

[breezer]

change it in your profile, log out and back in, fixed mine

 

[gcol]

change it in your profile, log out and back in, fixed mine

Been there, done that. Thanks anyway.
Looks fine in the preview window, but when it hits the forum it goes skewed.