I'm not sure if I should have stated a new topic or not, but if I've done the wrong thing, I'm sorry.
Slightly related to the splashback thing.....but not in the shower recess....
On pulling off the old ceramic wall tiles, I've found that the original builder put plaster down to the tile line, then installed cement sheet, with no plaster under it. Is this normal, or should I replaster the whole wall and then install cement sheet over the top in the areas I want to tile. Not sure what is best practice here.
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Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry Re: Cement sheet question 2Nov 08, 2006 12:52 pm It is normal practice to tile over fibre-cement sheeting in wet areas and then use gyprock (preferrably Aquacheck) around the tiled area. The tile end up closer to the finished height of the plaster as the fibre-cement is only 6mm thick.  05 Nov 2006 187 Melbourne Bronze Member Thanks Luke 3Nov 08, 2006 2:44 pm  DukekamayaIt is normal practice to tile over fibre-cement sheeting in wet areas and then use gyprock (preferrably Aquacheck) around the tiled area. The tile end up closer to the finished height of the plaster as the fibre-cement is only 6mm thick. That's pretty much what I thought. When I did the kitchen, I plasterboarded the whole thing first then installed the cement sheet over the top of that, and I thought then that it was a bit of overkill. If all you can see are obstacles, you have lost sight of the goals DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair All my inside walls are Fibre Cement & House has Steel frames... Tricky when one wants to hang pictures or do Wainscoating Paneling up the hallway. Those little nail… 0 9440 Thanks for that. I think the mortar has been sitting on these surfaces for approx a year. We’re at handover & they tried to get it off the rubber but have damaged it… 3 6650 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair I do it all the time - units, mm/m, kpa/mpa etc and I still get on google and check it - it's easy to be out by a factor of 10, 100 etc 5 7301 |
