The bottom two lines of tiles - well 5 out of 8 out them anyway - are loose as a result of water ingress.
The tiles were applied to plasterboard - the top paper surface of which has largely come away with the first tile that has been removed so far and I would expect similar with the other tiles that need to be removed and reattached as well.
See picture.
The exposed plaster surface is mildly damp but otherwise looks okay.
I have been researching adhesives (thanks tilersforum.com contributors) and also know that I need to user a proper primer to reattach the tiles.
Once the plasterboard has dried out can I reattach the tiles to it?
I am really REALLY keen to avoid having to replace the plasterboard itself as that turns what is already a PITA job into one several orders of magnitude more involved.
How long should I allow the plasterboard to dry out for? (I know this is a 'how long is a piece of string' question. Sorry.)
The tiles were applied to plasterboard - the top paper surface of which has largely come away with the first tile that has been removed so far and I would expect similar with the other tiles that need to be removed and reattached as well.
See picture.
The exposed plaster surface is mildly damp but otherwise looks okay.
I have been researching adhesives (thanks tilersforum.com contributors) and also know that I need to user a proper primer to reattach the tiles.
Once the plasterboard has dried out can I reattach the tiles to it?
I am really REALLY keen to avoid having to replace the plasterboard itself as that turns what is already a PITA job into one several orders of magnitude more involved.
How long should I allow the plasterboard to dry out for? (I know this is a 'how long is a piece of string' question. Sorry.)