Plasterboard in the bathroom with tiles

As repeatedly stressed, plasterboard is today the most used material in building renovations.

This material, in fact, thanks to its exceptional versatility and predisposition for the installation of high-tech systems, is the most used solution by architects and surveyors (but more generally by any operator in the construction sector) for the renovation of old houses or for new buildings.

Inside a counter wall obtained precisely with the dry system, it will be possible to install from the sanitary fixtures suspended to the spotlights to create plays of light. In short, more generally we can say that it is not possible to renovate the bathroom without thinking about plasterboard.

Tile the wall

Although today there are different techniques for covering the walls of a bathroom, the most commonly used is still the classic tiled wall.

Here are easy step-by-step instructions for creating a tiled wall on a plasterboard surface:

• Remove as much dust as possible from the plasterboard with a brush or a damp cloth.

• Outline on a sheet of paper and then transfer roughly to the wall with a construction pencil, helping yourself with the measurements with a professional tape measure, a tile positioning scheme by calculating dimensions and centimeters well, in order to avoid laying errors.

• Wear protective gloves to prevent the fixative or glue from damaging the skin and a mask with filter so as not to breathe directly into the smells of the products.

• Now apply the appropriate fixative to the slab with a short-haired microfibre roller to obtain a better grip of the skim coat.

• Wait for the fixative to dry and spread, homogeneously, checking the linearity of the wall, the leveling compound with a level bubble.

• Drown in the freshly applied smoothing layer a 0.4x0.4 cm mesh fiberglass mesh. The mesh will provide the entire wall with a solid structure and act as a reinforcement "reinforcement".

• Spread homogeneously over the fiberglass mesh, checking the linearity of the wall with a level bubble, the elastic and water-repellent adhesive suitable for the application of tiles on plasterboard with a notched trowel (NB: it is necessary that the glue can resist the "natural" micro-movements that a plasterboard wall can undergo over time especially due to thermal changes).

• Take the tiles and position the first starting from the bottom and following the scheme described above (NB: usually the experts in the sector always start from the second row to ensure that once the whole is settled, the first row acts as a "repairer" by making small corrections on the joints and symmetrically aligning the wall).

• Press firmly on the glue but without excessive thrusts so as not to cause the glue to move.

• Place in the corner of the tile just positioned, special cross-shaped PVC spacers to indicate the correct size of the joint to be made between the tiles.

• Carry out the same operations on the entire surface provided (N.B: every 5/6 tiles positioned, it is recommended to check the correct progress of the application with the spirit level).

• When pressing with the tiles, remove if necessary, the adhesive which comes out of the joints and which appears to be in excess.

• After laying, wait approximately three hours and then apply (with a specific gun), only on the joints, a special transparent acetic sealant to prevent water infiltration and to accommodate the dimensional movements of the tile roof.

• Tools and materials:

• High quality corrugated cardboard

• 4x4 cover cloth

• Brush

•Tore up

•Sheet of paper

• Construction pencil

• tape

• Gloves

• Protective mask

• Short-haired microfibre roller

• Notched spatula

• Bubble level

• Sealant gun

• fixative

• Overlay

• Mesh in fiberglass mesh 0.4x0.4 cm

• adhesive

•Floor tiles

• Cross spacers in pvc

• Transparent acetic sealant

CAUTION:

Covering a plasterboard wall is not difficult but you have to pay attention to some details:

• Preferably use plasterboard with green colored sheet as it is designed to be applied in damp environments such as bathrooms or kitchens.

• Check the weight of the tiles, as the sheet of plasterboard over the years may weaken or undergo deformations caused by too much load.

• Check that the glue, in addition to being elastic, is also resistant to humidity and water, in fact usually a tiled wall is made in a bathroom or more generally in damp environments.

• Pay attention every 5/6 tiles to their positioning and do not wait for the adhesive to solidify because it will no longer be possible to make changes to the wall.

CAUTION:

The advice to get an optimal job is to contact a highly specialized company that can help you.

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