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heavy porcelain tiles 5kg each
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.09 PM
Large heavy porcelain tiles 5kg each ....can they go onto emulsion painted surface.? Emulsion Matt painted onto fresh skimmed plaster over 14 years ago. which will be sanded, scored, & primed with acrylic binding agent. I'm doing a feature wall in dining room.. 7 tiles high 236cm & 2 tiles width ..total 200cm" so tile area coverage will be 4.75m sq. Thanks for any advise
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Anonymous user
Yeah it will be fine just use a strong adhesive
Answered18 May 2020
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Classical ceramics ltd
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Tiling on plaster
Including the adhesive and tile it must not weigh any more than 20kg per square metre
This is a recommend by BSI and adhesive manufacturers
Plaster 20kg
Plaster board 32kg
Wedi board 40-60kg depending how it’s installed
Render 80kg
It’s not worth taking the risk as if they fail it could cause serious damage and injury
Answered19 May 2020
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Nick
Rating: 5 out of 5
Skimmed plasterboard can bear 20 kg/sqm including tiles and adhesive.
Answered18 May 2020
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Shelfer Tiling Specialists
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The wall has to be stripped back to the plaster. Then keyed , primed so ready for tiling. You can not stick to paint ! If the board underneath the plaster is plasterboard then the weight bearing per m2 is only 24kg. A stronger alternative would be recommended , to replace the weight bearing . Then the right adhesive for large format tiles .
Answered20 May 2020
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Kingdom tiling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Use Tile masters pro grip primer as it has a grit in it so leaves a rough (keyed) surface and has ultra strong bonding strength! And use a decent powder adhesive such as ultra tile fix pro flex s2!
Answered26 May 2020
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DLF Tiling and Home Improvements
Rating: 5 out of 5
NEVER tile onto paint 😱😭
Answered30 July 2020
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