Can You Plaster Over Tiles Bathroom

Can You Plaster Over Tiles Bathroom

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1. Hi ive just fitted new bathroom suite(including whirlpool and air spa bath-whooo,arnt i posh)Ive moved bath,toilet and sink to different places so its been a mammoth task.I plan on using marble look plastic around bath area.however all walls are fully tiled and i want to plaster over"dry"walls not near bath.Should i dryline with dot and dab,or should i get a plasterer to skim tiles.I plan to emulsion walls.ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED.THANKS!

2. i don't think i would be entireley happy with dry- lining in a bathroom without skimming it aswell, purely because of moisture penetration.
   so it is a case of either, or, but i personally think it should be skimmed.
   i don't know if you are planning on doing it yourself but if you are then this link should be some use..........
   http://www.screwfix.com/talk/thread.jspa?forumID=21&threadID=14199&messageID=130615#130615

   hope that is of some use.

   dj.

3. Thanks for your advice,but wouldnt skimming the tiles be as porous as the plasterboard itself.please advise,Thanks

4. Wouldnt dream of skimming myself!I am a welder by trade and i can think of only 2 skills you should not try yourself and that is plastering and welding(vertical or overhead)Monkeys can do downhand!

6. You've done every thing *** about face.

   Should have removed the old suit, striped the tiles, got it plastered, fit the new suite then decorate.

   I'd be surprised if there were any plasterers happy to plaster over tiles.

   If you must dry line, your best bet is to fit studs over the tiles then screw plasterboard over this, skim and decorate.

   If the tiles are well adhered and flat you may be better off gluing the board up with pinkgrip or similar, it will have the same effect as dot and dab but with far more mechanical grab.

   Whatever you do, it's really a compromise, anything other than what I described in my opening sentence, is in reality a compromise at best, a bodge at worst.

7. 9.5mm plasterboard, gripfill-ed, and drilled plugged and screwed though into the wall, at least 6 of, 2" screws.

   Mr. Handyandy - really

8. HiMudster,first and foremost,you say i have done everything *** about first!Have you never heard of hindsight(although you probably dont even know what it means)You then have the nerve to tell me that you summed it all up in your opening sentence!Well for your information i was not wearing a SUIT to begin with,i was wearing overalls,secondly i do not want STRIPED tiles,i want plain ones!And finaly you are the one that must be plastered(OR AMERICAN,WHICH IS MY GUESS)YOU REALLY MUST LEARN TO SPELL!!!!XXX

9. Couldnt agree more matey!!!Rock on monkeys!!!

10. joshdog1, don't forget that you entered this forum asking for advice. It's not polite to take the **** out of those who offer it!

11. Thanks Mr Handy Andy for some common sense advice!

12. Its not polite to take the ** out of those asking for it either boxer red(goose and gander)?

13. "ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED.THANKS!"

    Apparently not...

    Oh, and whilst we are picking up on spelling... "arnt" ???

    And the big long button at the bottom of the keyboard - why not give it a tap every now and then?

14. I spend my personal time on these forums trying to provide help and information for people that want it.

    I run two businesses, bathroom installation and stone importing, and really I could spend my time doing far more constructive things than answering questions on here. So I jump in and out and often don't proof read my posts or spend time spell checking them. I get the information across, sometimes misspelt but nevertheless the information is generally correct.

    Most of the time people appreciate the advice, even if it's not exactly what they want to hear, but every now and again ignorant monkeys like you come along who obviously have no manners.

    You want advice on how to bodge your way out of the bodge you've installed and expect civil and constructive answers with the kind of sarcastic attitude you display.

    Just work it out yourself, then in a years time when it's falling to pieces, pay a professional to come and put it all right for twice as much money as it would have cost to build it correctly in the first place.

15. "And finaly you are the one that must be plastered(OR AMERICAN,WHICH IS MY GUESS)YOU REALLY MUST LEARN TO SPELL!!!!XXX"

    Finaly?
    Goose and gander?

16. Mudster, if I lived near you, I'd buy ya a drink!

17. Steady on boxer, we wouldn't want him to get even more plastered would we?

18. joshdog1 sounds like a *****, and andy's advice is **.

    But let him follow it and then his bathroom will look worse than it already does

    [Edited by: admin12]

19. Gusset,what an apt name.Arnt is an abreviation you pious **

20. MES ENFANTS!

    Mudster, you are indeed an extremely helpful and valued member of this forum, always very willing to help hapless DIYers (and the odd Pro) overcome their tiling disasters.

    I had always assumed, however, that you were a 'cooler' guy than you threaten to come across in this post; I think joshdog's, actually quite funny, riposte could have been taken with the pinch of salt with which it was delivered (er, it was tongue in cheek, wasn't it jd?).

    Back to the problem: if you just skim the actual tiles, you'll end up with tile-shaped cracks all over your plaster. You clearly don't want the hassle of removing the tiles first, so board them over as Mudster and Mr HA says, using a quality adhesive (such as the two mentioned), and the odd plug 'n' screw as HA says wouldn't be totally silly either (holds it all in place while the adhesive sets - and will help stop any future movement).

    Boxer Red/Gusset/Tim - what were your contributions?

    PS. You can't ** me off 'cos I'm the Devil's Advocate and change sides all the time...

    [Edited by: admin12]

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