The surface of a plaster wall is too smooth for the cement to grip to.
Securing heavy stone tiles to plaster walls.
The only special tool you need is a wet saw with a diamond blade.
Then the next step would be to add an extra piece of 12 mm plywood on top of your wall attached to the studs.
Plastic versions hold medium loads in drywall and plaster.
A glue adhesive works better for installing tile over plaster.
Install ply on top of your wall.
Some products are designed specifically for use between tile and plaster walls but any tile setting adhesive designed for thin set use will work.
Just please bear in mind they are not 100 accurate either.
If you do not know how it has been done you can give a go with stud locator.
Add the elegance of natural stone to your bathroom walls for little more than the cost of standard ceramic tiles.
Home centers and tile shops carry a huge selection of marble limestone and granite and the installation techniques are virtually the same as for ceramic.
We ve got some large stone tiles in a bathroom that are heavy as hell went on a skimmed wall and have been trouble free.
Stone tiles on a skimmed plaster board wall.
Fit the item to be anchored over the bolt then insert the toggle and tighten.
This is equivalent to ceramic tiles with a maximum thickness of 8mm plus tile adhesive or natural stone tiles with a maximum thickness of 7mm plus tile adhesive.
Hi the maximum weight limit for tiling direct on to plasterboard without skim is 32kg per sqr mtr using stone or in your case slate maximum thickness of 10 mm this includes adhesive.
Metal toggle bolts can support heavy loads in drywall plaster and hollow core concrete block.
Stone accent walls and fireplaces can be a great design feature but hanging a picture on a stone wall or holiday wreath above a stone fireplace requires some care.
How to hang things on a stone wall.
Bore a hole in the wall large enough to accommodate the toggle.
The maximum weight of tiling which can be supported by a dry well adhered plaster background is 20kg m.