"Nibs" wrote in message
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Most DIY disasters are caused bu people not thinking ahead :-)

Assuming new bath goes under edge of existing tiles, as is usual, adding
plasterboard & wall tiles with their adhesive on top will cover up more
of
the edge o fthe bath which could look very odd.
I'd knock off the tiles too. I just did this with a bath in place.
Protected
bath, used SDS drill with tile removing bit, took all of 10 minutes.



I think my question was confusing.
Whole bathroom is tiled. Bath is fitted upto tiles. 3 kids under four mean
that bath needed as soon as possible.
I've fitted bath and then was going to tile over old tile for whole of
bathroom.
Wouldn't this make a better joint around the bath with sealant down side
against back tile and then new tile and bath seal on top.
I am not puting plasterboard anywhere near bath. I was asking if i could
save time and expense by plasterboarding/plastering over other 2 walls .
These are well away from bath and tiles well fixed.

Why would it be a disaster. I have spoken to a number of people who have
tiled over tiles succefully. Sounds better than hacking off tiles and then
having to plaster wall to get level before tiling!



Tiles on top of tiles is OK if you take the glaze off the old tiles first,
but you asked if it was OK to stick plasterboard over the old tiles first
and everyone has said their bit on that idea.

So stick the new tiles on top of the old YES. Sticking plasterboard on the
old tiles, then sticking new tiles on top of that NO. That's all we said.