{"id":6077,"date":"2019-02-20T16:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/?p=6077"},"modified":"2020-11-14T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:30:25","slug":"weight-limits-for-tiling-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/weight-limits-for-tiling-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight Limits For Tiling Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Brick, plaster or cement board – what your substrate means for your tile choice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Wall Substrate<\/th>Maximum tile weight<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Cement:sand rendering<\/td>Generally no restriction A<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Gypsum plaster
<\/td>		20kg\/m2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Gypsum plasterboard (12.5mm thickness)<\/td>32kg\/m2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Gypsum fibreboards<\/td>40kg\/m2<\/sup> B<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Glass reinforced cement-based boards<\/td>50kg\/m2<\/sup> B<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Lightweight foam-cored tile backer boards<\/td>60kg\/m2<\/sup> B<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
Other rigid tile backer boards<\/td>Consult manufacturer<\/td><\/tr>
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A<\/sup> Provided the rendering has sufficient composition and has been installed correctly to achieve high strength
B<\/sup> Guide figures only. Certain boards may be capable of carrying greater weights – consult with manufacturer for confirmation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NOTE Where multiple substrates are installed using only adhesives e.g. tile backer board bonded to plaster, the substrate with the lowest value will determine the recommended maximum weight of tiling. In this context tiling is defined as a tile plus its bedding and grouting material<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

British Standards Institution (2018) BS5385-1:2018: Wall and floor tiling. Design and installation of ceramic, natural stone and mosaic wall tiling in normal internal conditions. Code of practice<\/em>. Available at: bsigroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brick, plaster or cement board – what your substrate means for your tile choice Wall Substrate Maximum tile weight Cement:sand rendering Generally no restriction A Gypsum plaster 20kg\/m2 Gypsum plasterboard (12.5mm thickness) 32kg\/m2 Gypsum fibreboards 40kg\/m2 B Glass reinforced cement-based boards 50kg\/m2 B Lightweight foam-cored tile backer boards 60kg\/m2 B Other rigid tile backer boards Consult manufacturer A Provided the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"inspiration-blog-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiledepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}