what would you recommend

[woodytheplumber]

give the walls a sbr befor dor and dabbing I didn't make that clear sorry and then follow manufactures destructions on the tile adhesive after when using bal tile addy I like to use bal's Sbr type gear just for any potential comeback

 

[mutley racers]

Thats great. Thanks for the advice feller. What's srb by the way?

 

[woodytheplumber]

its very similar to pva but with the heat and moister it wont become jelly like apparently pva does I have probably done 20/30 bathrooms using pva and not had a problem but from speaking to a plaster'er mate of mine he says use srb if the wall is very long like say over 4M it is sometimes worth stringing a chalk line and snapping it across the floor first to make sure your boards don't end up looking like the north sea

 

[woodytheplumber]

BAL Bond SBR Primer 1ltr | Topps Tiles I buy the Dunlop sbr for dot and dabbing and brand specific for tilling only because the Dunlop from selco is very good value! don't think I have ever got anything else from there though ha ha!

 

[mutley racers]

Awesome. Great advice there. Thank you

 

[woodytheplumber]

I also forgot to add since talking to my plaster mate probs 2 years ago I have only used sbr and not have a issue! and if your using 8x4s a solid bead at the top then 7 dobs down and 4 dobs across is plenty!!

 

[mutley racers]

So 28 dobs and 1 solid line? Specific. Also, how many inches in from outside edges

 

[woodytheplumber]

2 or 3 inches from outside edges for me once its all gone off they are rock solid!

 

[TBServices]

SBR is amazing stuff. You can put it on the dustiest, crumbliest, oldest wall, and when it's dried, all the dust is properly stuck to the wall and its tacky to the touch. Brilliant.

 

[woodytheplumber]

did you do any today mutley? how did you get on? its a messy job but fairly easy don't you think?

 

[mutley racers]

High woody, no didn't get around to it. Removed all tiles off the other side of bathroom and found lots of loose electrical cables going in all directions and not in conduit. Sparky said not good. So now have to wait for him to re-route them. Is he right in saying that cables shouldn't be routed in walls in bathrooms?

 

[mutley racers]

Well after all the info you guys gave me the clients ended up getting the place plastered. And now, all of the walls are wonky ane I cannot get a square edge any where. Tried cutting out bits of wall and it is a no go.

 

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[SimonG]

Who plastered that? Stevie Wonder?

 

[mutley racers]

Before you say anything, am going to wrap pipes. Just filling 1st to make sure there are no leaks

 

[mutley racers]

It gets even worse...

 

[Plum Bob 66]

It gets even worse...View attachment 14045

Oh dear, better get a skip full of instant grab adhesive your going to need it just to get the tiles level !

 

[mutley racers]

I don't do tiling. She has oganised someone else. Think I am going to learn and insist that I do all the dot and dabbing and tiling from now on as this is just too much.

All the pipework is put together with compression fittings and I kicked a pipe and nudged it now I see a drip coming down the back of a corner unit in kitchen. Not looking forward to getting to that.

Must be nice when you work as a couple as then you can laugh at it. But on your own, it is not such fun. Below are some images of what else I found on this little cracker

 

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