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After the shower walls of sistine stone were grouted to the cement wall board it did not hold and came apart what could have happened ?

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What was used for the adhesive? The supplier says do not use thin set, also says use a high quality mastic. I don't know what happened, but it doesn't sound good. Was it just a couple tiles fell off or every tile loose? Was it the grout or the mastic that failed? Did the stone break up? I would like to know what happened.

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You will need a chisel and a hammer for this. Will have to cover bath tup, shower base, anything that may chip from the fallen tile pieces. Start hammering the chisel behind the top tile, or smash the corner of a tile and try to remove it to be able to start. Be careful not to brake the plaster, this is the biggest problem when removing wall tiles. Keep hammer the chisel, and remove bit by bit all the tiles. Patch with plaster if big areas will get damaged in the wall.
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