Porcelain tile advice

[Bathfix Bob]

Hi there,

I've tiled plenty of bathrooms in ceramic but never used porcelain tiles before, all I really know about them is they are very difficult to work with.

The tiles are 44cms x 44cms are glazed and are wall tiles. I have about a month untill this job starts but I want to be prepared.

I have a cheap Plasplugs diamond wet wheel cutter, will this be enough?

What are the best cutters and drills?

What is the best adhesive?

Do I need primer?

All tiling will be on plasterboard and aquapanel.

Cheers

[david campbell]

you will need to make sure they don't exceed the weight limit for plasterboard-32kg/m2 including adhesive and grout,your plasplugs cutter will probably slow you down a bit but as long as it's the master version should be ok!
are you sure these tiles aren't polished

[Phil Hobson]

As David, check weight issues. Porcelain tends to be polished rather than glazed (not always) and yes, sbr. primer. Also cement based adhesive flexible ( polymer enhanced).

[Scott]

Welcome Bob

I have the Plasplugs contract pro and that cuts ok, but can be slow depending on how hard they are.

I dry cutter will cut them too, what dry cutter do you have?

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[faithhealer]

welcome to the forum Bob, might be worth hiring a dry cutter or stick with the plasplugs, but it will be slow going

the 365 drills are worth it by the way

[Bathfix Bob]

Thanks for the great advice, very useful about the weight.