sand cement internal render

[booner]

just hacked off tiles from solid shower wall, set coat has come off with tile( house is only 8 years old), render in behind i thought would be like iron(like external)!! not so, side of paint scraper can rake it back to blockwork with no effort??? is this typical of a shower wall or have plasterers used a very weak mix. will nhbc be interested in this or am i dreamin. any ideas for a remedy b4 retiling:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:
hmmmm, suddenly the original tiles dont seem such an eyesore after all!!!

 

[Dale44]

Sounds like browning coat and plasterer forget his finish coat.

 

[booner]

dont think so, its all sand n cement here in NI and finish has come away wiv the hacked off tiles

 

[White Room]

Some plasterers have been known to use soft sand (I've seen it) and it dos'nt have the strenght for rendering,internal or external. It could also be a very weak mix, a couple of options for you are, thin down some sbr about 4-1 and soak the sand and I mean soak which will get sucked in and bond the render when dry or rip the whole lot off and dot and dab with plasterboard. You could get hold of the nhbc but the process may be dragged out.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Some plasterers have been known to use soft sand (I've seen it) and it dos'nt have the strenght for rendering,internal or external. It could also be a very weak mix, a couple of options for you are, thin down some sbr about 4-1 and soak the sand and I mean soak which will get sucked in and bond the render when dry or rip the whole lot off and dot and dab with plasterboard. You could get hold of the nhbc but the process may be dragged out.

you dont want to use plasterboard in shower/area tile backerboard at least then tank as for wet room

 

[doug boardley]

plasterboard will be fine imo, as long as it's tanked

 

[White Room]

Ditto Doug

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

plasterboard will be fine imo, as long as it's tanked

im a belt and braces man myself and like to follow through from the ba cking if tanking brakesdown tilebacker will not unlike pboard up to you

 

[doug boardley]

what did you use before backerboard came along gooner?, I've been tiling for nearly 30 years and not had a problem doing it p/board and tanking. But as you say, it's up to me

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

what did you use before backerboard came along gooner?, I've been tiling for nearly 30 years and not had a problem doing it p/board and tanking. But as you say, it's up to me

well ive ripped out lots of showers and am forever finding that they have broken down and if pboard is used the gyipsum in it has soaked up the water and gone bad so now i never use it