Hi Anthony When work starts and you have removed all the tiles if the wall/plaster is badly damaged remove the plaster and or plaster board and board the area with water proof shower boarding, this will not need plastering and can be tiled on the same day, and will protect your walls in the future if water penetrates the tiles again. regards Ian Handyman express
Hi Anthony If water penetrated a wall for a long period it could be very wet so plaster will come off I am affraid. I would suggest to remove tiles at the same stage when bathroom refurbishment is going be done then you will see what action would have to be taken. In worst scenario you would have to replaster or overboard walls then tile after everything is dry. ( to tile on new plaster you need to allow to dry and in average time it should take up to 2 weeks to dry completely, if overboarding needs to be done it will take about 24 -36 hrs before tiling) I hope this can help Best regards Rafal
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