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andrewt
Hi all.
I’ve tiled previously (ceramic tiles on walls only), with what I would deem as success. However, the more you read up on the subject, the more you find out there is to learn and so I want to do my current bathroom properly.
I’m about to tile above my bath, where there will be a mains/combi-fed shower. I will be tanking the walls with BAL WP1, then BAL single-part flexi for 8mmx20cmx50cm ceramic tiles, then BAL microflex grout. The walls are skim plaster on both plasterboard & solid wall.
As you are all very helpful, I’d like to ask a few specific questions if I may:
1)How would I prime the plaster for tanking? Do I dilute? How many coats?
2)If I run out of the actual waterproof material (as the side of the bath is 1700mm and the wall goes on beyond that), can I just feather it out to “nothing” the further away I get from the actual shower? I suppose that would mean I’d need to prime undiluted with two coats, as bagged adhesive would then touch the primer.
3)You get tape with the tanking kit. I’ll use it in the inside corner, but do I need to use it anywhere else?
4)Solid bed thin bed trowel??? Does this equate more or less to a standard notched trowel (ie 6mm’ish)?
5)When using the notched side of the trowel on the adhesive, do you scrape it back to the wall or do you have to leave a film of adhesive all over the wall?
6)Holes for the shower pipes. What is the usual method to make them waterproof?
7)Can I really mix up single-part flexi and it remain useable for hours when in a bucket???!!!
8)Lastly(!), when it comes to edging strips, I never know whether they are meant to sit flush with the tiles or just sit proud of them. Sitting proud would hide any cut ends of tiles, but it stands out a bit.
Many thanks for your help with these beginner’s questions and sorry there are so many!
I’ve tiled previously (ceramic tiles on walls only), with what I would deem as success. However, the more you read up on the subject, the more you find out there is to learn and so I want to do my current bathroom properly.
I’m about to tile above my bath, where there will be a mains/combi-fed shower. I will be tanking the walls with BAL WP1, then BAL single-part flexi for 8mmx20cmx50cm ceramic tiles, then BAL microflex grout. The walls are skim plaster on both plasterboard & solid wall.
As you are all very helpful, I’d like to ask a few specific questions if I may:
1)How would I prime the plaster for tanking? Do I dilute? How many coats?
2)If I run out of the actual waterproof material (as the side of the bath is 1700mm and the wall goes on beyond that), can I just feather it out to “nothing” the further away I get from the actual shower? I suppose that would mean I’d need to prime undiluted with two coats, as bagged adhesive would then touch the primer.
3)You get tape with the tanking kit. I’ll use it in the inside corner, but do I need to use it anywhere else?
4)Solid bed thin bed trowel??? Does this equate more or less to a standard notched trowel (ie 6mm’ish)?
5)When using the notched side of the trowel on the adhesive, do you scrape it back to the wall or do you have to leave a film of adhesive all over the wall?
6)Holes for the shower pipes. What is the usual method to make them waterproof?
7)Can I really mix up single-part flexi and it remain useable for hours when in a bucket???!!!
8)Lastly(!), when it comes to edging strips, I never know whether they are meant to sit flush with the tiles or just sit proud of them. Sitting proud would hide any cut ends of tiles, but it stands out a bit.
Many thanks for your help with these beginner’s questions and sorry there are so many!