Dot and dab - why?

[Mr_T25]

why would a builder/tiler using dot and dab on bathroom tiles? I Need to install rails etc but worried any pull on the rails will take the tiles off. What is the solution - longer screws?

 

[23vc]

You fix through the tile into whatever is behind it, ie plasterboard/studs or masonary.
You’d have the same issue whether or not the tiles were dot and dabbed

 

[Sunny-Side-Up]

You'll need to use a fixing that bridges the gap between the tile and the block work.

Try something like https://www.corefixed.com/

 

[Keithmac]

why would a builder/tiler using dot and dab on bathroom tiles? I Need to install rails etc but worried any pull on the rails will take the tiles off. What is the solution - longer screws?

Laziness or just poor workmanship..

 

[23vc]

You'll need to use a fixing that bridges the gap between the tile and the block work.

Try something like https://www.corefixed.com/

How do you know he’s got dot and dab walls?
And I’m not sure it’s strictly true that he’ll “need” to use those expensive fixings

 

[Mr_T25]

Possibly done due to non straight walls maybe? I know because I saw the dot and dab on the plasterboard.