Shower cubicle tiles coming off

[Avocet]

We have a shower cubicle in the corner of our bathroom. It is made (as far as I can tell) of plasterboard on a studding wall, with tiles glued on. Several of them are coming away (some have fallen off altogether). I was wondering whether there was something better than tile adhesive for walls that aren't especially stiff? I had wondered about sticking them back on with "Sikaflex" or one of those "grab" adhesives - something waterproof and with a bit of flex to it. Is that a daft idea?

 

[jctilingservices]

We have a shower cubicle in the corner of our bathroom. It is made (as far as I can tell) of plasterboard on a studding wall, with tiles glued on. Several of them are coming away (some have fallen off altogether). I was wondering whether there was something better than tile adhesive for walls that aren't especially stiff? I had wondered about

sticking them back on with "Sikaflex" or one of those "grab" adhesives - something waterproof and with a bit of flex to it. Is that a daft idea?

simple answer is no, bet the area was not tanked before tiling, and possibly a cheap adhesive was used, best idea is to rip them all off, tank the area and re-tile, using a good quality flexible adhesive and flexible grout


Sorry its not the answer you hoped for

 

[Avocet]

"Tanked"????

Ta for the reply, but what's "tanking", please?!

 

[tictic]

you have two types of tanking

a wall/floor "membrane"..just hang this like wallpaper..
homelux..
kerdi..

a "paint" on kit..as it says paint this one on...
bal wp1
weber system ptotects...

there are other ones availible..

 

[Richard C]

You’re wasting your time trying to repair what you have. The alternative materials you suggest will not be the answer, the best materials for tiling are good quality trade tilling products. As the others have already said, your problems have almost certainly been caused by a mixture of using un-tanked plasterboard & poor quality adhesive/grout products.

You need to rip it all down, including the plasterboard, check the studding hasn’t rotted out, replace it where necessary & stiffen it up with additional timber studs &/or noggins if necessary. Re-board the whole area with waterproof tile backer boards & then re-tile using good quality, flexible tiling materials not cheap DIY rubbish. If you intend to do the work yourself, make sure you do sufficient research by reading the tiling sticky & forum archive posts which will hopefully avoid you making potentially expensive mistakes.

 

[Avocet]

Oh dear! Pretty certain there's nothing like that behind them! In fact, the top ones seem to be stuck over the magnolia paint that is on the rest of the plasterboard of the bathroom walls!

Thanks everyone. I guess it's a bigger job than I thought!

 

[jctilingservices]

In fact, the top ones seem to be stuck over the magnolia paint that is on the rest of the plasterboard of the bathroom walls!

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could be 99% of your problem there mate "emulsion"