I will bet a lot of you new tilers don’t know the origins of BAL but BAL was set up by H&R Johnson’s to develop new adhesives for the new backgrounds that were being used such as gypsum plaster and plasterboard. The trend was changing from tilers fixing straight in to sand and cement screed and render to fixing on to the sub-straight after it had cured. There are a few reasons for this one was dry lining and the over whelming demand for cheaper materials and fixing methods.
