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Discuss What trowel to use in the Tiling Forum at TilersForums; Will be doin a bathroom with 60 x 40 tiles next week, just wondering wot trowel to use, floors & walls. Thanks in advance....
          
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    Default What trowel to use

    Will be doin a bathroom with 60 x 40 tiles next week, just wondering wot trowel to use, floors & walls.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Default Re: What trowel to use

    I'd be using a 10mm at least on the walls and floors, whats the substrate on the walls
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    Default Re: What trowel to use

    Hi stephen....what substrate are you going to be tiling to mate..?

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    3 of the walls are skimmed plaster on insulation plasterboard & 1 scratched with cement

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    I'd be using a 10mm square notched trowel with powdered adhesive stephen

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    Default Re: What trowel to use

    If the tiles are porcelain you may be pushing the weight limit for plaster

    Check this out http://www.thetilesource.co.uk/wall-...-square-metre/
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