starting a bathroom soon with 450 by 250 tiles (ceramic) with a small natural stone border around the room. what adh would you say was needed. not quick enough to use rapid set. any advice appreciated with the stone border. do you seal before putting up or just before grouting. will be using bal adh. never used the bags on walls only tubs. would you get away with white star or is it only powdered for that size tiles

Originally Posted by connors12345

starting a bathroom soon with 450 by 250 tiles (ceramic) with a small natural stone border around the room. what adh would you say was needed. not quick enough to use rapid set. any advice appreciated with the stone border. do you seal before putting up or just before grouting. will be using bal adh. never used the bags on walls only tubs. would you get away with white star or is it only powdered for that size tiles

Check out the sponsors website for suitable adhesive.....Gaz
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If it's BAl you are wanting to use then CTF3 or SPF is the ones you want....If you have a CTD to hand then they have them in stock..and some branches do sell Mapei as well and the Adesilex p9 is very good....around £10 a bag at the moment..

Originally Posted by GazTech

Check out the sponsors website for suitable adhesive.....Gaz
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You're a bad man.


Connors, BAL Single Part Flexible (white) would be my recommendation.
That is assuming it it plasterboard walls.
You'll also need 2 coats of neat APD primer before you tile.

You'll have a 5hr pot life with that, so don't worry about it setting too fast for you.

is the Adesilex p9 good adh then ?? has it got a decent grip and pot life

It is very good...use it a lot at present....

1. over 8 hr potlife
2. open time 30 mins
3. grouting walls 4-8 hrs ..floors 24 hrs

comes in grey and white...polymer modified so suitable for porcelain and mosaics.. with no vetical slip....

Cement based adhesive with good initial adhesion strength and no vertical slip for ceramic tiles.
Applications:
Interior and exterior bonding of ceramic tiles and mosaics of every type on floors, walls and ceilings on conventional substrates (cement renders and screeds, underfloor heating installations, brick walls, blocks walls, gypsum boards).
Also suitable for tile on tile with medium-size tiles (up to 900 cm2) and spot-bonding of insulating materials such as expanded polystyrene, expanded polyurethane, rock and glass wool, Eraclit® (wood-cement panels), sound-deadening panels, etc.
Installation over gypsum based or anhydrite based surfaces is possible after having first applied Primer G, Mapeprim SP or Primer S. Coverage

Originally Posted by Dave

It is very good...use it a lot at present....

1. over 8 hr potlife
2. open time 30 mins
3. grouting walls 4-8 hrs ..floors 24 hrs

comes in grey and white...polymer modified so suitable for porcelain and mosaics.. with no vetical slip....

Cement based adhesive with good initial adhesion strength and no vertical slip for ceramic tiles.
Applications:
Interior and exterior bonding of ceramic tiles and mosaics of every type on floors, walls and ceilings on conventional substrates (cement renders and screeds, underfloor heating installations, brick walls, blocks walls, gypsum boards).
Also suitable for tile on tile with medium-size tiles (up to 900 cm2) and spot-bonding of insulating materials such as expanded polystyrene, expanded polyurethane, rock and glass wool, Eraclit® (wood-cement panels), sound-deadening panels, etc.
Installation over gypsum based or anhydrite based surfaces is possible after having first applied Primer G, Mapeprim SP or Primer S. Coverage

Is that all it is dave a tenner a bag? Wish i would have known that i got 2 bags of BAL spf (white) today £24 each from topps.

Check with your branch of CTD first....the offer is different at branches throughout the uk....

The offers do change regualry...

check for a CTD in your area then phone and check first...

http://www.ctdtiles.co.uk/showrooms.aspx

Always make sure it does what it sais on the tin

These are some of the offers that were on in different regions..

http://www.tilersforums.co.uk/tile-a...-aug-sept.html

Will do.....cheers..