hi i will be doing a job for my dad soon, but need some advise, he has tiles around his bath (2 walls) and they go up about 5 high. he wants me to tile above the exsisting tiles up to the ceiling. there is a power shower, but will i need to tank the walls or can i just use some water resistant adhesive? unfortunatly he doesnt want me to replace the lot! thanks

Just use acrylic wall adhesive and power shower proof grout. Normal grout will get blasted away. Any tile shop will supply you wot u need. Have a word with them.

Dont use acrylic adhesive ! use a cement based and prime wall 1st.

Originally Posted by Simmo35

Just use acrylic wall adhesive and power shower proof grout. Normal grout will get blasted away. Any tile shop will supply you wot u need. Have a word with them.

Ready mixed adhesives are a DIY product in my book. Always use a cement based addy, they are available in slow and fast set so there should be no problem for those who are a little slower than others.
You should also never rely on a tile shop to supply you with wot you may need, we have heard plenty of horror stories on that subject. The majority are fine, others need some product training to say the least.

To be honest a small job like that a tub would be quickest. And easy for a novice. The adhesive would do the job fine. I'm not on about fix and grout that a no no. Prim the wall good idea.

Originally Posted by Simmo35

To be honest a small job like that a tub would be quickest. And easy for a novice. The adhesive would do the job fine. I'm not on about fix and grout that a no no. Prim the wall good idea.

Quickest and easiest is not what we advise Simmo, Prim (priming) the walls is not a good idea, its a fundamental part in the fixing of the tiles.

What is on the walls now? Is it painted? If so the paint will need to be taken off, then the wall must be cleaned up so they are free of dust and primed with a acrylic primer and then use a cement based adhesive to fix the tiles, as has been said above you can get rapid setting, standard setting or even extended setting adhesive, If you are not to confident with tiling I would go with a standard adhesive

Ok still confused. What do I prime the wall with? How to I remove paint? I have no experience at all but want to learn the professional way I don't really want to do a homebase job if you know what I mean. But the main thing is I want it to be safe, as there will be a baby the bath sometimes.

Sorry, the paint should be easy to take off with sand paper, this has to be removed, otherwise you will be relying on the bond between the paint and the wall to keep the tiles fixed. Then you need to make sure that the wall is free from any dust by giving it a wipe down and a brush off. Do you have a Tile Giant near you? Have a look through the link below and find your nearest store, if you go in there and ask for some Primer G. This is what you need to prime the walls with, all the instructions are on the bottle. While you are in there ask for a standard setting cement adhesive to fix your tiles, again the instructions will be on the bag.

Try to follow the instructions to the letter and you shouldnt go to far wrong.

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Thanks rich, I have a topps tiles near me I may try them.hopefully it won't cost to much , my dads a tight git.

Topps will do what you want but just make sure that they dont sell you a load of stuff you dont need, they have a habbit of that.

Best of luck with it