Tear down and remove old wallpapers.
How to render a wall for tiling.
Press the tile in place and make sure that the joints are kept even.
Add and press the grout until all joints are filled and remove the excess.
Apply the render all round and make sure they meet with the straight edge and levels.
Preparation the render must be a minimum of 2 weeks old to enable movement caused by drying shrinkage to have taken place.
For cracks larger than 1 5mm consult your local suppliers.
All concrete release agents and curing compounds must be removed by mechanical means.
Cover both the brick and the tile with mortar before applying the tile to the wall.
I have tiled over rendering before but it was a small area 3 sq.
Repeat the process inside the border and use the borders as a gauge to get all the walls correct.
If you decide to tile over the render do not pva it as all the tiles will fall off eventually see previous threads for reasons.
It must be clean dry and free from dust laitance or any other contaminants which may act as a release agent preventing the adhesive from bonding to the render.
Get rid of loose plaster.
For concrete with hairline cracks apply aba ceramic tile underlay prior to tiling.
Once your edges are set you are pretty much ready to go to fill in the enclosure.
Allow the mortar to set before applying the grout.
You want to ensure you don t dig in the borders.
Fill larger cracks via layering.
Sand the wall to level it down if required.
Here are a few minor preparations before you tile a wall.
Alternatively you can use barrierflex abaflex or isoflex.