Marble Tiling

[gltiling]

Walls- concrete
floors- shuttering ply
cubicles- concrete and on one side stud wall/ply
same marble on floors and walls

[wetdec]

Originally Posted by gltiling

Walls- concrete
floors- shuttering ply
cubicles- concrete and on one side stud wall/ply
same marble on floors and walls

Walls- concrete - Tile with a hydraulic adhesive Best ask one of the Bal guys which would serve you best

Floors- shuttering ply - Prime lay an uncoupling membrane such as Dura-ci to prevent cracking then a good flex to lay tiles (white)

Cubicles - tank walls with a membrane onto base with showerlux trim to waterproof correctly then tile as walls above.

I would not be happy putting this weight on walls, where adhesives may bond well and fixing be correct you are reliant on the substrate !!!!!!


Hope this helps


Tiler

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[whitebeam]

Originally Posted by TilingLogistics

If he is fitting those tiles on the wall I would guess each one weighs around 18KG. Easy to check just weigh one! If I am right this means that they are around 60KG M2 that is too heavy for plaster and plasterboard and don't forget I have not taken into account the adhesive and grout. So I think he is going to need cement backer boards or similar


The Max weight for plaster is 20KG per M2 and plasterboard is 32KG M2

Kev

And hardie backer will take only 45kg m2 12.5mm

[garythetiler]

if you are concerned with the weight i would tie the marble to the wall with stainless steel wire drilled into the stone and screwed to the wall this is standard prctice in the stone industry i would probably only do this on the ply as a good adhesive such as pci nanolight will take 60kg per sq m and if the wall are put up plumb the load bearing issue is greatly reduced imo