Preparing wall for tiles

[FreeD]

Hi all.

Looked at this job today...tiles have been removed by plumber..most of the skim on the walls is sound...but there are patches that have been removed.

In this situation would you just patch the areas with rapid set? or patch with multi-finish or full reskim?

thanks

[medlar]

personally mate i would go with rapid set,but i would double check the condition of the wall,loose or flaky finish

[whitebeam]

I would use some rapid set but prime first, I'de be scraping the old paint off as well

[Dave]

Make sure that skim is fully intact....do some tapping around the wall and listen for hollow spots.....remove the old adhesive residue and prime up...then just skim in with rapidset..as the lads have suggested....

good luck..

[FreeD]

Thanks..my gut feeling was to skim patches with rapid...although 1 wall may need reskim. Most is sound though...but u know how it is you start aking lose bits off and you end up taking the whole wall off!

[doug boardley]

I'm same as medlar and whitebeam

[Part-Time Tiler]

I know I'm going to sound thick here but just starting out and want to make sure I get this right. When you say use rapid set to skim the wall, is this a trade name or is it addy or a plaster mix.

[Dave]

Rapid set .. as in adhesive....

[Part-Time Tiler]

Thanks Dave-told you It would sound thick!

[Dave]

Not at all...you won't know if you don't ask.........no probs...

[whitebeam]

Dos'nt mean skim the whole wall just the patch work

[cornish_crofter]

Those photos look very similar to some work I've recently done, I use the same approach to prepare

Way hey 500th post!

[Dave]

I also use One coat from wickes....Dries very hard and fast setting...leaves a nice smooth finish and can go upto 50mm in one application...so is handy when more than skim falls off....

[whitebeam]

Those photos look very similar to some work I've recently done, I use the same approach to prepare

Way hey 500th post!

Spend more time on here then

[DERBER]

I also use One coat from wickes....Dries very hard and fast setting...leaves a nice smooth finish and can go upto 50mm in one application...so is handy when more than skim falls off....

I use 1 coat from wickes, its the dogs danglies.......