Holes or cracked plaster requires patching.
Tiling plaster walls shower.
We recently hired someone to finish the tiling up to the showerhead and he placed the tiles directly on the wall.
Work slowly and at about a 45 degree angle.
The area around the bathtub shower is only tiled halfway up the wall.
Cut away the grout surrounding the tile or tiles that you want to remove.
Don t try to use the tile setting adhesive or drywall joint compound to patch plaster walls.
Tiling over damp plaster causes the wall to fail because the plaster won t become strong if it can t dry out.
How to remove bathroom tile without damaging the plaster walls.
My house was built in 1925 it has plaster walls.
However tiling over tile can add quite a bit of thickness so make sure your wall can handle the weight.
The adhesive and tile will block moisture from evaporating.
Be careful to cut.
You should not tile over wallpaper glossy surfaces lead paint or plywood.
I d assumed he would cut out the wall and put in cement board or something.