Hi, I'm in the process of removing the tiles from my 1970's bathroom walls. I've got loads and loads of 4.25" ceramic 'birdy' tiles to remove. They're an absolute pain to get off as they have been put up using tile adhesive on a render background. What I'm finding is that the render will sooner come away from the blockwork than the tile from the plaster. Hence I've decided to strip back to the blockwork. Ultimately the plan is to convert this room to a wet room, tiled with 12mm thick 60x30 or 60x40 limestone tiles.
My question is, would it be ok to just have the room re-rendered and then once fully dry, tile with adhesive straight on to the render? Or is it best to have it rendered and then skimmed to a normal finish?
Obviously as this is a wet room I will be tanking the rendered walls before putting the tiles up (Maybe something like Bal WP1).
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
My question is, would it be ok to just have the room re-rendered and then once fully dry, tile with adhesive straight on to the render? Or is it best to have it rendered and then skimmed to a normal finish?
Obviously as this is a wet room I will be tanking the rendered walls before putting the tiles up (Maybe something like Bal WP1).
Your thoughts would be appreciated.