Tile weight

[marsaday1971]

6mm Ceramic......... ..14.26 kg/m2 .....................................18.46 kg/m2
8mm Ceramic ...........17.62 kg/m2 .....................................21.82 kg/m2
10mm Ceramic ..........20.97 kg/m2 ....................................25.17 kg/m2
12mm Ceramic ..........24.32 kg/m2 ....................................28.52 kg/m2
10mm Porcelain .........23.88 kg/m2 ....................................28.09 kg/m2
12mm Porcelain .........27.82 kg/m2 ....................................32.00 kg/m2
10mm Natural stone ...31.10 kg/m2 ....................................35.30 kg/m2
12 mm Natural stone ..36.48 kg/m2 ....................................40.68 kg/m2
20mm Natural stone ...58.00 kg/m2 ....................................62.20 kg/m2


I have just seen this table and i am disappointed i will not be able to use stone tiles in our new bathroom.

The walls are all plasterboarded (cement board in shower area), so i think we are limited to only 20kg/m of weight. Is this correct ? This means i can only really use an 8-10mm ceramic.

[doug boardley]

plasterboard you can go up to 28kgm2

[whitebeam]

Plasterboard can take 32kg m2

[doug boardley]

......including addy and grout, typically 4kgm2

[365drills]

That 20KG seems low on plasterboard. I am sure its more.
Put it this way LOTS of people tile their bathrooms with 12mm porcelain tiles. Not heard of anyone having a tile drop on their head yet!



I THINK YOU WILL BE RECIEVING SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS ON THIS FORUM SOON!!

[marsaday1971]

Ok, but you have all given slightly different answers (28 or 32). someone on another forum has said 20kg because i have plastered the PB. Clean PB can take more weight because it doesnt have a skim on it.

Still confused. I did think 20kg was a bit low as well.

I was hoping to use 10mm limestone and that will be 31kg. So under one persons weight limit and over the other.

any more views ?

[Dave]

You did not say it was skimmed.?

So it is 20kg if it is skimmed and 32kg if not.. these weights include adhesive/grout

[whitebeam]

Did'nt realise it was skimmed, as above 20kg m2

[doug boardley]

ahh right, skimmed plasterboard will only take a maximum of 20kgm2, unskimmed will take 32kgm2 including adhesive and grout, which weighs in at about 4kgm2

[marsaday1971]

i only skimmed it last week and i could have saved a load of time. I intend to tile the whole wall as it is a slope in the loft. gutted.

[doug boardley]

Ok, but you have all given slightly different answers (28 or 32). someone on another forum has said 20kg because i have plastered the PB. Clean PB can take more weight because it doesnt have a skim on it.

Still confused. I did think 20kg was a bit low as well.

I was hoping to use 10mm limestone and that will be 31kg. So under one persons weight limit and over the other.

any more views ?

adhesive and grout will push it up to about 35kgm2, hope this is clearer now