porcelain on walls

[cass]

Had to give up tiling for a while havent done a job since jan.So i have a new van and a full bathroom to start tue the thing is its in 600x300 porcalain walls and floor 17m2x3m2 the walls are have been painted with emulsion the paint seems to be stable its not flakey or anything so would i be ok to sand down and prime and tile straight on.The other thing is i was reading on forum that it is best to tile fllor first and then take a full tile from bootom would this be a goo idea and any tips on tiling porcalain on walls would be apppreciated.

[doug boardley]

Cass, I'm guessing that the walls are also skimmed, so, in short porc would be too heavy regardless

[kilty55]

as you said mate get the paint off,

you can come right of a perfectly flat floor wityh a full tile yes but it may not work out well with the room layout mate,,check where the cuts will land at bath,,windows,doors,celing etc,, also as daoug has said check its not skimmed

[cass]

the walls are brick and plaster , i thought about dot and dabbing but i would still have to take paint of for dot and dab mix to bond.So what would you say my best potion would be.

[doug boardley]

if you dot and dab plasterboard onto skimmed plaster and then tile, you're adding even more weight to the skim, although you could mechanically fix the dot and dabbed plasterboard to the existing substrate

[Phil Hobson]

if you dot and dab plasterboard onto skimmed plaster and then tile, you're adding even more weight to the skim, although you could mechanically fix the dot and dabbed plasterboard to the existing substrate

As Doug, on this one

[cass]

so take paint of or fix boards to wall are my options if i have to fix boards to walls what would be the correct fixings to use.

[whitebeam]

Could you advise the customer to change there tile and get somethink a bit lighter

[Scott]

You could either drill and fix the boards with rawl plugs and screws or you could use the conrete screws. Just pilot and screw, these thing are brilliant. Bit of dot and dab addy to make sure its level and then screw her home!

[whitebeam]

Just remember that if the screw heads go through the paper of the plasterboard they become next to useless

[cass]

I take it the concreat screews dont go in to plugs and screew right in to wall

[cooperrmb]

I think scottley if referring to tapcon fixings which you screw straight in concrete or brickwork you can get them from srewfix

[cass]

Ok that clears things up for me cheers.

[Scott]

Thats right, pilot a hole and screw them in, i have only started to use these recently when fitting doors and windows and they are excellent. I must admit i havent used them on dry lining yet

[easyt]

Would they be any good for fixing studding to existing walls.

[Scott]

Would they be any good for fixing studding to existing walls.

Oh yes, perfect for that.

[cass]

Ok cheers mate

[Gazebo]

You could stick and screw marmox board in the wet area to make it watertight and to allow for the heavy porcs.