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Tiling

Porcelain tiles not sticking to ply wall

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.14 PM

We have been reTiling our bathroom and discovered a damp wall behind old tiles and rotten floorboards below. Have put down new floor and have attempted to retire on ply board (already there), 4 of the tiles didn’t stick (the adhesive didn’t dry)’ then drilled holes in ply and added a coat of pics (3 to 1) but still these tiles don’t seem to have stuck. Can anyone advise what to do next? Thanks so much.

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2 Answers

Julian Sidney Tiling

Rating: 5 out of 5
Harwich
You should not be tiling onto ply in a wet area / bathroom. Saying that, if the right adhesive was use it would stick until the ply started moving due to moisture ingestion. Sounds like you are not using a adhesive suitable for tiling on wood on a floor. Are you using a adhesive from a tub? If yes that's probably your problem.
Answered28 May 2015
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Anonymous user

1st of all you can tile onto ply wood The problem you have got is 100% the wrong adhesive porcelain tiles are are not porous ( do not absorb moisture ) therefor you need adhesive suitable for porcelain tiles. normally in a bag which you have to mix yourself NOT ready mixed in a tub good luck
Answered1 June 2015
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