Metal toggle bolts can support heavy loads in drywall plaster and hollow core concrete block.
Securing heavy stone tiles to plaster walls.
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.
Add the elegance of natural stone to your bathroom walls for little more than the cost of standard ceramic tiles.
A glue adhesive works better for installing tile over plaster.
The only special tool you need is a wet saw with a diamond blade.
Bore a hole in the wall large enough to accommodate the toggle.
Stone tiles on a skimmed plaster board wall.
Install ply on top of your wall.
Fit the item to be anchored over the bolt then insert the toggle and tighten.
If you do not know how it has been done you can give a go with stud locator.
How to hang things on a stone wall.
The maximum weight of tiling which can be supported by a dry well adhered plaster background is 20kg m.
Then the next step would be to add an extra piece of 12 mm plywood on top of your wall attached to the studs.
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.
So make a small whole on both side of potential stud just to be sure.
Just please bear in mind they are not 100 accurate either.
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.
The surface of a plaster wall is too smooth for the cement to grip to.
For something especially heavy like a wall hung vanity she recommends having the wall built with a layer or two of plywood before putting on a layer of hardy board and then tile the wall this.
Some products are designed specifically for use between tile and plaster walls but any tile setting adhesive designed for thin set use will work.
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.