Plaster on tiles?

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Ok here's my 1st question.
Is it possible to plaster over tiles?
My parents want the bathroom replastering but it's tiled floor to ceiling
& my dad said he doesn't want the tiles taking off as the walls are paramount boards!
Never heard of paramount boards?
What are they?

So do i need to use bonding on the tiles & would it be ok to neat pva 1st or is this a no no?

Thanks in advance :)
 
have you ever used bond-it? when it first came out it was advertised as 'being used to skim over tiles' personally i'd take them off.
 
i know its pain, but i'd take the tlies off, make good with a tight coat of bonding and skim. if it makes a real terrible mess of the boards when you remove the tiles, reboard it.
 
a friend of mine had the same problem so he knocked all the walls off. 2 were brick and 2 were stud. took him a couple of hours. he got about 10 1800mmx900mm boards and it took me about 2/3 hours to use them. then all the walls were perfectly flat and square and tiling it was a doddle. are the walls being tiled floor to ceiling again?
 
errrr lads?
paramount boards are the old eggbox structures they used to use for walling, its like a kind of stud walling... if you can imagine 2 sheets of plasterboard with a hollow core 'cardboard' cellular structure with a timber perimeter youve got the idea.... its a bit like the pressed woodgrain effect hardboard doors, but with plasterboard instead of hardboard... ;)
if the tiles come off nastily chances are its a new wall and theyre only 3" thick in total so at some point theres going to be an issue with a door liner (well, very likely anyway)...

Im having to repair a lot of it at the minute, where the old 'warm air' ducts used to be...
what im doing is cutting some 2x1 longer than the width, jamming it into the hollow core and fixing it with a few drywall screws either side, then screwing some 1/2" board onto the 2x1 in the hole, scrim and skim..


if its being re-tiled, just tile straight over the top of em, no need to re-plaster, just make sure you get the right adhesive...

if not, get hold of some bonding agent and just skim it, one good coat of board finish, let it hazel off and give it another...

wickes do a bonding agent in small tubs for about 12 quid... does about 15m
 
jord218 said:
Ive gone over the top before, as you said PVA, bonding, then skim. had no come back ;)
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you pva'd onto smooth non pourous shiny tiles and then bonded them?!
 
steve cov said:
jord218 said:
Ive gone over the top before, as you said PVA, bonding, then skim. had no come back ;)
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you pva'd onto smoth non pourous tiles and then bonded them?!
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I have aswell, me boss at the time told me to and it worked. Dunno how
long it lasted afterwards tho :D
 
steve cov said:
long enough for him to ride off into the sunset on his horse anyway
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the unibond ad from years ago advertised the fact that u could
skim over glass and i did just that in the ford factory in Dagenham, not on the
cars tho :)
 
irish_spread said:
steve cov said:
long enough for him to ride off into the sunset on his horse anyway
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the unibond ad from years ago advertised the fact that u could
skim over glass and i did just that in the ford factory in Dagenham, not on the
cars tho :)
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have you ever pva'd reveals and got some on the windows by accident. it comes off too easy when its dried
 
steve cov said:
irish_spread said:
steve cov said:
long enough for him to ride off into the sunset on his horse anyway
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the unibond ad from years ago advertised the fact that u could
skim over glass and i did just that in the ford factory in Dagenham, not on the
cars tho :)
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have you ever pva'd reveals and got some on the windows by accident. it comes off too easy when its dried
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only if u get a scraper at it. U can scrape off an 'overskim' easily aswell
 
Chris W said:
errrr lads?
paramount boards are the old eggbox structures they used to use for walling, its like a kind of stud walling... if you can imagine 2 sheets of plasterboard with a hollow core 'cardboard' cellular structure with a timber perimeter youve got the idea.... its a bit like the pressed woodgrain effect hardboard doors, but with plasterboard instead of hardboard... ;)
if the tiles come off nastily chances are its a new wall and theyre only 3" thick in total so at some point theres going to be an issue with a door liner (well, very likely anyway)...

Im having to repair a lot of it at the minute, where the old 'warm air' ducts used to be...
what im doing is cutting some 2x1 longer than the width, jamming it into the hollow core and fixing it with a few drywall screws either side, then screwing some 1/2" board onto the 2x1 in the hole, scrim and skim..


if its being re-tiled, just tile straight over the top of em, no need to re-plaster, just make sure you get the right adhesive...

if not, get hold of some bonding agent and just skim it, one good coat of board finish, let it hazel off and give it another...

wickes do a bonding agent in small tubs for about 12 quid... does about 15m
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:-[ I'll go and wait in the van.....
 
Thanks for the advice i will take it all onboard :)

Hi Steve no it's not being fully tiled it's only being tiled by the bath & shower area.

Hi Chris i see what you mean about the paramount boards now thanks
This is why my dad doesn't want the tiles off then.

I think i will give the bond it a whirl not used it before any tips?
:)
 
Sara_Spread said:
Thanks for the advice i will take it all onboard :)

Hi Steve no it's not being fully tiled it's only being tiled by the bath & shower area.

Hi Chris i see what you mean about the paramount boards now thanks
This is why my dad doesn't want the tiles off then.

I think i will give the bond it a whirl not used it before any tips?
:)
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dont get any on your dress, its a bugger to get off ;D
 
irish_spread said:
Sara_Spread said:
Thanks for the advice i will take it all onboard :)

Hi Steve no it's not being fully tiled it's only being tiled by the bath & shower area.

Hi Chris i see what you mean about the paramount boards now thanks
This is why my dad doesn't want the tiles off then.

I think i will give the bond it a whirl not used it before any tips?
:)
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dont get any on your dress, its a bugger to get off ;D
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Lol.
I don't wear a dress at work :)
 
the only thing with it is dont be tight and leave it for 24 hours to dry. you will have to leave it a while between skim coats aswell as theres not going to be much suction
 
dont get any on your dress, its a bugger to get off ;D
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Lol.
I don't wear a dress at work :)
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Just as a matter of interest, what do you wear ? and what colour 8)
 
irish_spread said:
dont get any on your dress, its a bugger to get off ;D
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Lol.
I don't wear a dress at work :)
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Just as a matter of interest, what do you wear ? and what colour 8)
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Why do you want to know Irish??
I wear jeggings if your that interested.
And sometimes jeans/combat trousers the work ones.
My boss wears a boiler suit lol :D
 
Why do you want to know Irish??
I wear jeggings if your that interested.
And sometimes jeans/combat trousers the work ones.
My boss wears a boiler suit lol :D


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sorry bout the delay, i was doing a bit of hoovering. I find jeans etc too tight
at work but i dont mind it with tight leggings cos u can bend over and jump
up and down on the scaffolding quite easily.
Ur boss must be really old lol ;D
 
Bruce Willis said:
So Sara do you find spreading easy?
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I love plastering Bruce i'm getting better only been doing it 2yrs so lots to learn.
what's this about your socks?
;)
 
irish_spread said:
Why do you want to know Irish??
I wear jeggings if your that interested.
And sometimes jeans/combat trousers the work ones.
My boss wears a boiler suit lol :D
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sorry bout the delay, i was doing a bit of hoovering. I find jeans etc too tight
at work but i dont mind it with tight leggings cos u can bend over and jump
up and down on the scaffolding quite easily.
Ur boss must be really old lol ;D
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Yes he is he's 57 lol :D
There is 6 of us on his firm including him & i end up working with him most of the time :(
I've worked with a few of the lads & we had a right laugh but mister misery guts has me labouring for him most of the time.
But he does let me have a go at skimming which is great & the money is good too.
So happy days :)
I'm off out with a few of the girls later so must go & get ready.
Thanks again for all the replys peeps ;)
It's so helpful i feel like i have an edge over my boss as he's never heard if bond it lol
It's FRIDAY!!!!! :) :)
 
Bruce Willis said:
at least I didnt have on those ankle things
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what ankle things, trainer socks? i just fold mine down so you cant see them. i bought myself a nice pair of 'crocs' flip flops the other day. they work on a bed of nails principal. loads of rubber balls in the sole. really comfy
 
steve cov said:
Bruce Willis said:
at least I didnt have on those ankle things
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what ankle things, trainer socks? i just fold mine down so you cant see them. i bought myself a nice pair of 'crocs' flip flops the other day. they work on a bed of nails principal. loads of rubber balls in the sole. really comfy
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Thats worse than just wearin white socks lol crocs ha ha ha
 
yeah boooooiiii!!!! mate, laugh all you want. i'm not the one whos gonna have white fluff on my sweaty feet during summer :-X
 
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