It is best to remove the wall tiles. You need a flat service and a lot of times old tile will not be perfectly flat. If you remove the tiles you will have a good base to tile on. If you don't want to remove the tiles you may be able to add a backer board on top of the old tile and then tile on that.
It is certainly possible to tile a floor, but bear in mind, there is much more pressure placed on the floor than on the walls, and floor tile must be laid over a solid cement base, otherwise it is going to crack.
You can tile over existing tile although it isn't reccomended. You would be safer by removing the tile and then installing the new tile. But, if you wanted to tile over existing tile you would have to make sure all the tile is even and not lose. If the tile is lose or uneven it will caused the new tile and grout to crack or pop out.
I wouldn't recommend it. Most wall tiles are very smooth and wouldn't have any grit for the thin-set to adhere to.
The difference is a tile finisher preps the floor/wall or any thing that the tile is going to be put on and a tile setter is the man or woman that sets the tile in place wear they need to be...just a quick basic run down .!
A tile mastic such as Mapei Ecobond. See the tile aisle in Rona or Home Depot for this product.
With tiles! But on a more serious note, build a frame, plaster board it, get a base tray for the water to fall into and connect it to your waste. Plaster the "boarded wall" then tile it. Then install the shower itself. Seal up then its ready to use.
No, plaster is typically not used over drywall when finishing a wall. Drywall is usually finished with joint compound and then sanded smooth before painting or applying a texture. Plaster is more commonly used on plasterboard or lath and plaster walls.
Try a Rotozip tool with a ceramic cutting bit if your just cutting a hole . If your taking the wall out you can cut a line with the same tool then use a big hammer this will make less of a mess then just breaking the plaster with a hammer.
Improper tile grouting will allow water to ingress to the surface of whatever the tile is laid on to ie plaster wall , concrete backer board , this will in time lead to the tiles becoming loose and damaging decoration in adjoining rooms
lath and mortar walls and ceilings have a greater flexibility than standard plaster. If you do plaster over it you firstly need to be very confident that the old mortar is sound and fully adhered to the lath. You would also have to seal the ceiling well to stop the water in the plaster from literally being sucked out of the plaster. Regarding tiles. If you are thing about ceramic tile then NO!. The weight of the tiles would pull the mortar from the lath with great ease. It is defiantly better to either plasterboard directly to the old ceiling and using dry wall screws NOT NAILS screw directly to the joist not the late you can then put a good scrim tale over the joints and plaster accordingly. The very best option however, is ...............drop the old ceiling, re-board and plaster
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I have never covered up floor tile before without removing the old tile but I have covered up an old back splash with new wall tile and did nothing to go over it just used the white pre mixed wall glue to install the tile right over top with no issues.
To effectively patch a hole in a plaster wall, you will need to clean the area around the hole, apply a patching compound, smooth it out, and then sand and paint over the patched area to match the rest of the wall.
You can plaster a wall with Portland cement and fine sand mixture. Polymers are plastics and I've found nothing on using them in a mixture to plaster a wall.
Plaster walls do not have studs like drywall walls do. Instead, plaster walls are typically constructed using a wooden or metal lath framework that is attached directly to the wall studs. The plaster is then applied over the lath to create a smooth and durable surface.
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