Tiling Onto Plasterboard In Shower

I m using travertine tiles in a titchy shower room 1400mm length by 700mm wide and i was wondering whether or not i could put the tiles directly onto the plaster board without skim coating them.

Tiling onto plasterboard in shower.

The wedi board wedi shower system includes special bonding agents referred to as wedi caulk though is much more than caulk that waterproofs the seams in the. It takes just a little moisture for drywall s paper facing to disintegrate and turn moldy. Preparation for tiling onto plasterboard plasterboard should be dry securely fixed and rigid with no protruding fixings with the face to receive decorative finishes exposed. Tiling onto plasterboard walls.

Even a tiny amount of water introduced through a crack or hole in the tile will expand once it hits the moisture hungry paper facing and gypsum core of the drywall. You only need to use the water resistant plasterboard around the areas that are going to get soaked from the shower tank it then tile it. A second vote for aquapanel here it s what we ended up having to replace the plasterboard with. The rest of the room is fine for tiling onto normal plasterboard.

You ll only need it in the shower area the rest of the bathroom will be fine onto plasterboard. Compare this to the common practice of tiling over drywall and you get the idea that you have a totally different shower by using a product that is meant to function in the shower. If you want to update your kitchen or bathroom walls with tiles you don t have to remove existing painted. Don t scrimp on what could be a costly redecoration.

It should be a minimum 12 5mm thick when fixed to timber framing or battening and fixed in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations. Urgent advice required for a desperate man and customer many thanks. Having had a bathroom tiled straight on to plasterboard by the previous owners of the house i would definitely not recommend it.