Tiling, rendering

[bigegg]

I have a small area in the kitchen, between the sink top and the window sill, which I want to fill with a row of 600x300mm tiles (about 10mm thick).
(External wall - double brick, with cavity)

The wall has been stripped back to the brick - which is too rough to take the tile adhesive without an intermediate coat.

Is it possible to render the wall, and then set the tiles straight onto the render?

Could I just use construction adhesive (ct10 type stuff) to glue the tiles to the wall?

I could render, then use tile adhesive - but that means waiting (24hrs? 7 days?) for the render to harden.

Am I better off just shelling out the £30-£40 for two aquapanel boards (the shape means I'd need two) plus fittings?

I already have ct10, sand, cement, SBR, and tile adhesive.
I resent paying for more stuff, if I don't have to.

 

[Bornfree]

i watched a tiler doing a really rough wall and he used a floor tile trowel so the adhesive was much deeper.

 

[knighty]

I've rendered a few walls and then tiled them at work

no idea on the other options, but that works fine :-)

 

[Olderisbetter]

I normally dab plaster board on bad brickwork as i can get it flat and bang on level if i am being fussy, no reason why you cannot tole the next day then.

 

[bigegg]

I normally dab plaster board on bad brickwork as i can get it flat and bang on level if i am being fussy, no reason why you cannot tole the next day then.

I don't want to use normal plasterboard as the potential for it to get *very* wet is moderately high.

 

[bigegg]

I've rendered a few walls and then tiled them at work

no idea on the other options, but that works fine :-)

As in, setting the tiles in the wet render?

 

[bigegg]

i watched a tiler doing a really rough wall and he used a floor tile trowel so the adhesive was much deeper.

That's a good idea.
I'll check the bucket of adhesive and see what the maximum thickness is.

I think I have about 10-12mm between highest and lowest areas.

 

[123hotchef]

I dot and dabbed aqual pannel on to a bathroom wall I was doing around the bath

 

[bigegg]

I dot and dabbed aqual pannel on to a bathroom wall I was doing around the bath

Dot + dab would certainly save me the £10 for fasteners...

Hmmm.

I think I have a workable plan

Unfortunately, the adhesive I have specifies "3mm", so 15mm is definitely beyond my comfort zone.
It also specifies 14 days for render to dry sufficiently, so that's also out of the question.
I want my sink installed by Monday.

 

[123hotchef]

Dot + dab would certainly save me the £10 for fasteners...

Hmmm.

I think I have a workable plan

Unfortunately, the adhesive I have specifies "3mm", so 15mm is definitely beyond my comfort zone.
It also specifies 14 days for render to dry sufficiently, so that's also out of the question.
I want my sink installed by Monday.

sbr the wall dot and dab the aqual pannel I may have cheated here and used tile adhesive! the tile and grout

 

[bigegg]

sbr the wall dot and dab the aqual pannel I may have cheated here and used tile adhesive! the tile and grout

I have half a tub of mapei primer that I'm going to lather on

 

[123hotchef]

easy get ya sink in on monday then

 

[mike os]

Dot and dab plastrboard

Tile direct to board after priming

 

[bigegg]

Dot and dab plastrboard

Tile direct to board after priming

I don't want to use normal plasterboard as the potential for it to get *very* wet is moderately high.

^^^

I'm gonna dot+dab aquapanel.

 

[gaz1]

quick set floor tile adhesive will do what you want

it will be set in an hour just make a thicker mix

 

[knighty]

As in, setting the tiles in the wet render?

render first, then tial adhezive ontop :-)

 

[Dave-sparks]

Give it a layer of bonding coat plaster, that stuff sticks to anything and anything sticks to it.

 

[addjunkie]

Give it a layer of bonding coat plaster, that stuff sticks to anything and anything sticks to it.

Carlite bonding crossed my mind too. But any board dabbed on will work.

 

[123hotchef]

Give it a layer of bonding coat plaster, that stuff sticks to anything and anything sticks to it.

That stuff is bad news in bathrooms when it gets damp

 

[hunter27]

Fix Hardie backer board to the wall then tile on it straight away.

https://www.protilertools.co.uk/product/hardiebacker-board-6mm-800mm-x-1200mm?gclid=CjwKCAiAmJGgBhAZEiwA1JZolm9d7xfuAJGYTIKn0Y4QY4GsRZTjkpmYZSkaT6rLklhNOTtmt76ZlRoCE4EQAvD_BwE