A job was offered to us and this morning we turned up at the house to tile a "small feature wall". It was actually about 5-6m2 of Slate Mosaic /bricks. Very thick and very heavy ( 57kg per m2 without adhesive) the walls were not flat and consisted of one area skimmed plasterboard and one area skimmed plaster.

We questioned the company that sold the tiles and were told. As long as we bond the plaster with their primer and use their adhesive it would be fine !!!! When questioned about the weight limits for plaster we were once again told "As long as we bond the plaster with their primer and use their adhesive it would be fine". We walked from the job !

This info came from a major tile supplier... what are you supposed to do in situations like this ? I don't like turning work away and hate leaving the client unhappy but its ridiculous. i can just imagine that now the customer will contact the supplier who will say that we are in the wrong....at which point I will be printing info from the TTA, Gypsum plaster and anywhere else I can find to back myself up .

Even the painter on site knew it was all wrong !!

whos the supplier..

Lets just say they wanted me to use their adhesive called BluTac or something like that !

take it their primer would rhyme with BVA

Thats the one.......but its special Blutac PVA

Originally Posted by Sir Ramic

Lets just say they wanted me to use their adhesive called BluTac or something like that !

yep and they make good tiles, but their PST's need a kick up the jacksie, they told a guy I was working for last year that slate tiles would be fine on "glossed" skimmed walls.....as long as we used their primer

I know the blu tac company, and have used these mosaics I think, is this the one Neale?

Very similar I think Phil, if not the same...cant remember the name.

Originally Posted by Phil Hobson

I know the blu tac company, and have used these mosaics I think, is this the one Neale?

they look just like the ones we did Phil, when I say "we" I mean the other 3 tilers that were on the same job....I refused to do them and did the stairs instead

Originally Posted by Phil Hobson

I know the blu tac company, and have used these mosaics I think, is this the one Neale?

...and it still looks good.