I have a room in the basement, previously a tiled shower room that I just want to freshen up in the simplest possible way. Half of the tiles were "loose," the rest are stuck like rock.... Is there any easy quick/temporary solution for the walls without tearing away the tiles?? Maybe some board or something that you can just stick onto the remaining tiles, there's really nothing wrong with them but I don't see re-tiling as a very smooth solution.....
Are you planning to use it as a shower in the future?
There might be a lack of waterproofing on those walls, which is why the lower ones have come loose, the plaster wall has leached from the inside, or if the drainage on the outside is not good, moisture through the wall.
There might be a lack of waterproofing on those walls, which is why the lower ones have come loose, the plaster wall has leached from the inside, or if the drainage on the outside is not good, moisture through the wall.
nah it will just be a storage room or something in the future. The putsten is hard as stone. The adhesive they used for the tiles was quite powdery, however, on the lower ones and there has definitely (before I drained) been a lot of moisture in the basement...
No moisture now then, it's below ground level, try to get a larger plastic sheet tightly on the wall and check before you do anything else, if you put something there and there's a little of it, it's not good.
There is a type of tile adhesive that works great for gluing up plasterboard/renovation plasterboard. First a layer to build up to the tile level, then another layer and you have a smooth nice wall 
Yep, tidied up a storage room in the basement.
However, there's no tile there and not an exterior wall. A roughly painted green concrete surface that I didn't feel like spackling. Put up a pretty thin renovation plasterboard.
Your wall doesn't look that nice, and if there's any risk of moisture in the future, I would probably remove the rest of the tile inorganic materials. Just need to have the right tools...
However, there's no tile there and not an exterior wall. A roughly painted green concrete surface that I didn't feel like spackling. Put up a pretty thin renovation plasterboard.
Your wall doesn't look that nice, and if there's any risk of moisture in the future, I would probably remove the rest of the tile inorganic materials. Just need to have the right tools...
Skip boards in plaster, wood, or other organic materials. They just risk starting to mold.
Chisel down the tiles. Neat up with mortar and then paint with silicate paint.
If you want a quick fix, only remove the rows that are already damaged. Plaster the lower part of the wall and let the top four rows of tiles remain as they are.
It will be a bit odd since you usually half-tile the lower half of the wall and paint the upper half, but if it's just a storage space, it might not matter much.
Chisel down the tiles. Neat up with mortar and then paint with silicate paint.
If you want a quick fix, only remove the rows that are already damaged. Plaster the lower part of the wall and let the top four rows of tiles remain as they are.
It will be a bit odd since you usually half-tile the lower half of the wall and paint the upper half, but if it's just a storage space, it might not matter much.
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Saw a long time ago an instruction for Ardex on how to quickly fix bathrooms by gluing gypsum over the old walls. It’s also quick-setting. The notching on the trowel created air channels behind the board. The method was primarily for adept craftsmen who renovate bathrooms in quick succession without having to deal with potential asbestos remediation.A Arne999 said: