Tiling Onto Plasterboard In Shower

Tiling onto plasterboard walls.

Tiling onto plasterboard in shower.

Having had a bathroom tiled straight on to plasterboard by the previous owners of the house i would definitely not recommend it. Urgent advice required for a desperate man and customer many thanks. It takes just a little moisture for drywall s paper facing to disintegrate and turn moldy. I m using travertine tiles in a titchy shower room 1400mm length by 700mm wide and i was wondering whether or not i could put the tiles directly onto the plaster board without skim coating them.

The rest of the room is fine for tiling onto normal plasterboard. Preparation for tiling onto plasterboard plasterboard should be dry securely fixed and rigid with no protruding fixings with the face to receive decorative finishes exposed. You ll only need it in the shower area the rest of the bathroom will be fine onto plasterboard. How to tile over painted drywall.

Don t scrimp on what could be a costly redecoration. You only need to use the water resistant plasterboard around the areas that are going to get soaked from the shower tank it then tile it. The wedi board wedi shower system includes special bonding agents referred to as wedi caulk though is much more than caulk that waterproofs the seams in the. Because paper is an organic product it will quickly become moldy.

It should be a minimum 12 5mm thick when fixed to timber framing or battening and fixed in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations. Tiles are ideal for showers bathtubs and backsplashes. If you want to update your kitchen or bathroom walls with tiles you don t have to remove existing painted.