Tiling, Weights and Priming

[uncletone]

Hi,

I'm currently looking at tiling the bathroom and the wall to the bath has a bow from the centre outwards, meaning at the extremes are about 5-6mm out. I have packed out the first row as in the picture which has meant that the extremes have now got about 12mm of adhesive.

My first question(s) is...

Is this going to be OK for the wall, its a stud wall and surely all that adhesive adds up, is 12mm acceptable? have people gone thicker? Whats the limit?
I've read that the wall should be as flat as possible and at the beginning but I figured 5mm play was "Acceptable" and would have been decent enough tolerance to work with, especially with the alternative being take everything out and put a new wall up.

Secondly, do I have to primer the walls again? The fact it took me an age to get the first row in flat to compensate for the bow meant that I had to call it a night eventually.

Just incase it helps a picture!!

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• uncletone
• 12 May 2014
• 1

Thanks for the help.

 

[ree]

Well done for having a go but there seem to be too many issues for a diy'er.

Why not give a call to a local tiler and explain as above, and perhaps the professional will come around and give you a heads up.

You could always come back on here with any fresh proposals.