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Plastering & Rendering

Bonding + skim OR plasterboard + skim

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.10 PM

Hi everyone, I’m currently renovating a small shower room (2m x 1.7m) and have taken it back to brick. I’m getting different information in relation to the best way to go about plastering. The walls will be half tiled and half painted, with the tiles being approx 30x10 in brick formation, the shower area will be fully tiled top to bottom. I have 2 questions: 1. Is it better to plasterboard and skim? Or better to bond and skim? 2. If it’s plasterboard, should I skim the whole shower room or only the the parts that will be painted? Leaving the tiling area and shower area to be tiled straight on to plasterboard? All help will be appreciated. Thank you!

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5 Answers

Stanley Sash Services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Bristol
Hi. Bonding or undercoat plaster is not very resistant to a moisture rich external walls therefore could pose problems with drying times or water ingress Later on. You could either tank the walls with sand and cement as the preservation experts do followed by a skim. Otherwise baton or dot and dabbing wet board on to the walls would suffice although this could pose problems with trapping moisture. I would however recommend the first option for longevity. Hope this helps
Answered23 May 2020
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Anonymous user

Bond firstly using batons 400mm apart making sure baton are flush and straight using level then fill inbetween batons with bonding once complete remove batons and infill were batons were then skim over leaving a perfectly straight wall for tiling
Answered23 May 2020
0

RT PLASTERING AND RENDERING

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Southport
Board and skim using moisture board or float in sand and cement and skim but definitely not bonding
Answered24 May 2020
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Jay's Plastered to Perfection

Rating: 5 out of 5
Liverpool
It's not a better answer it's a different answer, dot and dab green mouister boards and then skimm, only use them where you shower is going, normal boards for the other walls ,hope this helps
Answered29 May 2020
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Kjg Plastering

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Salford
Do the room in moisture boards skim and tile
Answered29 May 2020
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