What products should be used Bathroom please

[annie132]

Builder has plastered some walls in new bathrooms (those I just want to paint) and left plasterboard on other walls where I want my porcelain tiles. Some of these plasterboard walls will be in shower enclosure. I've read load of threads and know that you professionals have favourite products...but what products would you expect Tiler be using for prep, adhesive and grout....particularly in showers?

[whitebeam]

Prime the areas to be tiled then I would tank the shower walls, use a single part flexible adhesive and flexible grout.

[Dave]

Hi and welcome..

I would expect the tiler to be using a C2TE or a C2TF cement based adhesive and an Anti mould flexible grout....

The plaster board is spot on for tiling to and if you have any issues regarding the shower area, then ask your tiler to water proof the walls to stop water ingression..

[andy allen]

tank the walls, cement based adhesive, water proof grout, as for the products each tiler has his own preference

[Sir Ramic]

As above. Seal all internal corners with a quality silicone and where tile meets bath/shower.

[nybor62]

as all above

[annie132]

Thanks for your quick response. Which primer, tanking stuff, flexible adhesive and flexible grout would you use please? Bal?

[Dave]

BAL is good ye but there are others that do not cost as much... Use the brand that your tiler is used to using.

[whitebeam]

It depends on your tilers preference

[annie132]

Could someone be more specific as to the products they would use please? I would like to be able to order the products myself (on-line). Can't get over how brilliant this forum is for a numpty nontiler like me.

[Dave]

Personally i use Mapei adhesives..

Any tile giant store will sell you these..

Mapei P9 for the walls or maybe mapei mapeker just depends how fast he tiles as to which one to use.
And grout would be either mapei FF grout or Mapei Ultra colour.

[annie132]

Just had a look at the Tile Giant website and found a shop in Derby. Mapei do a shower waterproofing product. Would this be used instead of primer please? Think my questions are not stretching you much!...but answers very useful to me

[whitebeam]

Primer is not a tanking system, it isolates the surface from the adhesive

[annie132]

Thanks for that...so Tiler will need Primer, Tanking (mapei showerproofing), adhesive (mapei P9), grout (mapei FF) and silicone

[whitebeam]

If you are supplying, yes, if the tiler supplies it may be different makes.

[annie132]

I will ask them what products they want to use before buying them myself. I asked for a price for the tiling only as want to ensure I pay for the materials at cost. My experience from other craftsmen/tradesmen has been that this is not always the case. I now understand a lot more about the materials (thanks to all that have contributed to this forum). With some more research on retailers web-sites, I will hopefully be able to have a sensible conversation about what materials they want....and why they choose a particular product over another. Thank you so much for your help.

[deanotile]

lol it may cost you more than it costs the tiler. when i do a quote i pass on my discount on materials so it may be worth getting a price of him.

[annie132]

Just thought I'd add something before logging off. If someone is reading this and asking themselves why is this daft old bat bothering with this stuff about materials when she has a Tiler on the job? I think you need to do some work before you commission any expert or professional to do a job for you. You need to know what questions to ask. This applies to all experts...solicitors, doctors or tilers. True professionals will welcome your interest as you struggle to understand. The patience of those professionals who replied to this thread bears me out.

[Mike]

the mapei tanking kit has the primer included

[annie132]

Thanks deanotile....good advice.

[deanotile]

Just thought I'd add something before logging off. If someone is reading this and asking themselves why is this daft old bat bothering with this stuff about materials when she has a Tiler on the job? I think you need to do some work before you commission any expert or professional to do a job for you. You need to know what questions to ask. This applies to all experts...solicitors, doctors or tilers. True professionals will welcome your interest as you struggle to understand. The patience of those professionals who replied to this thread bears me out.

a very sensible approach.

[widler]

Just thought I'd add something before logging off. If someone is reading this and asking themselves why is this daft old bat bothering with this stuff about materials when she has a Tiler on the job? I think you need to do some work before you commission any expert or professional to do a job for you. You need to know what questions to ask. This applies to all experts...solicitors, doctors or tilers. True professionals will welcome your interest as you struggle to understand. The patience of those professionals who replied to this thread bears me out.

great post annie

[Phil Hobson]

Annie I think all of us on TF welcome your questions, better before the job starts, rather than trying to put right a botched job that has been finished and paid for

[Derry]

Just thought I'd add something before logging off. If someone is reading this and asking themselves why is this daft old bat bothering with this stuff about materials when she has a Tiler on the job? I think you need to do some work before you commission any expert or professional to do a job for you. You need to know what questions to ask. This applies to all experts...solicitors, doctors or tilers. True professionals will welcome your interest as you struggle to understand. The patience of those professionals who replied to this thread bears me out.

nothing wrong with that. you dont have to be an expert but a little bit of knowledge could avoid you getting ripped off etc