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tiling & mesh
nicks
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I have taken all our old bathroom tiles off (2 layers) & taken it back to the plasterboard. We have had a new shower put in & the plumber had to make a hole in the plasterboard. I have glued some strong fine metal mesh behind the hole & was going to pollyfiller over it to bring it into line with the plasterboard. My hubby has just suggested instead of putting the fine mesh BEHIND the hole & then put the pollyfiller, why not put it in FRONT of the rest of the hole & tile over it. I have bought extremely strong metal glue so would that be enough to hold the tiles on, or would it be better to use the pollyfiller instead.
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Nicks
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How large a hole are we talking about??
Dave0 -
Showers and plasterboard isn't a great combination. When you say a new shower, what type of shower and what is it mounted on?I have taken all our old bathroom tiles off (2 layers) & taken it back to the plasterboard. We have had a new shower put in & the plumber had to make a hole in the plasterboard. .....
Tiles are best attached with tile adhesive, too.
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We have had a mixer shower put in. What I meant about the tile attaching onto the mesh, I meant attaching it to the mesh with the tile adhesive. I just wondered it I could put the mesh over the outside of the hole & then tile over that or would it be better to fill in the hole with the filler first.
The hole is approx 6" high by about 12" long.
Ths hower is attached to wood inside the hole.
Nicks0 -
using a combination of a plaster board piece, cut to fit, and tile adhesive with the mesh, it should be ok.
even better to try and get the mesh fitted on both sides if poss.
best still would be to remove all the old plaster board and fit aquapanel.
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I don't have any spare plasterboard, which is why I wondered about the mesh. I will try doing it on both sides of the board as you suggested. Thanks. I don't have time to remove the plasterboard & replsce as the tiler is coming tomorrow - hopefully....
Nicks0 -
piece of plywood?
almost anything will do, if waterproof/ish. better than nowt.Get some gorm.0 -
Have just caught up with this thread again..If the hole is that size the really easy and best way is to screw some battons behind the plasterboard with dry wall screws.from the shower side ..then screw a new piece of board to the battons .
might be a bit late to do this in your case though!
Dave0
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