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alib103
Got a job with 300x300 travertine mosaics ( individual tiles are about 30mm ish each) . When i went round to quote last week i explained to customer that i was worried about the weight of tiles and the substrate.
The walls are plasterboard, skimmed and painted. I measured the tile sample they had and according to my measure they were 8mm thick, its only a small kitchen splashback, split into 0.8 sqm sections. I know i'll have to do something about the paint but do you think the walls will hold? I know 20kg per sqm is recommended max, 32kg on bare plasterboard. I'm off to CTD tomorrow to check if the total weights are on the tile box but just wanted some advice from you guys.
Bit concerned about ringing customer and saying she'll have to choose new tiles.....better than wall collapsing though!
The walls are plasterboard, skimmed and painted. I measured the tile sample they had and according to my measure they were 8mm thick, its only a small kitchen splashback, split into 0.8 sqm sections. I know i'll have to do something about the paint but do you think the walls will hold? I know 20kg per sqm is recommended max, 32kg on bare plasterboard. I'm off to CTD tomorrow to check if the total weights are on the tile box but just wanted some advice from you guys.
Bit concerned about ringing customer and saying she'll have to choose new tiles.....better than wall collapsing though!