Marmox in Northern Ireland.

[Ascot]

Does anyone know where on earth you can buy marmox boards in Northern Ireland? I hear they are a bit cheaper than Wedi board (but they don't seem too abundant here either!)

 

[Dan]

Can any of the online stores post to NI fairly cheaply? It's really light stuff to be honest it just takes up a lot of transit space perhaps. You should find somebody does it fairly cheap though.

 

[Ascot]

Yeah Dan, i might have to go to the online stores. It would just be nice to go and pick some up!

 

[Dan]

Underfloor Heating | Electric | Warm Water | Floor Insulation | Frost Protection | Uheat sell it you could ask them for a bit of a small stock for yourself, and then mention it to a few other tilers, and perhaps even make back your delivery costs by selling it for a slight profit to cover it perhaps?

If you can buy a fair pallet load and shift it regularly, Marmox will even give you an account for you to buy direct, I'm sure. Worth considering if it's so rare, maybe?

Not sure what the score is with transit from the UK to NI to be honest, whether ship or air is used or what. So not sure what would work out cheapest but worth considering because the amount of jobs it can be used on is quite high and people tend to cut corners when they're not using such products.

I think Wedi is quite heavy so you'd have to factor that in when considering shipping with that stuff. But Marmox is like transporting air in a box around. It's just a big box.

 

[DHTiling]

PHG might as they sell marmox

 

[Dan]

Of course of course!

And they're up north so transport will probably be cheaper!

Sorry should have thought of PHG then!

 

[Ascot]

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately I'm just DIYing and don't mix with too many other tilers but good tip on the weight difference between Wedi and Marmox! Have you used marmox yourself? Its the light weight and the easy cutting that appeals to me.

Thanks to the posters on this forum i have been convinced that sheeting out my stud wall at my shower and the box behind my basin and wc was a bad idea for tiling onto, so i'm switching to a good backerboard.

 

[Ascot]

At a quick check, PHG doesn't mention delivery to NI but Uheat - The Underfloor Heating Shop charges £25 for delivery. Thanks, that's a good starting point for me.

 

[DHTiling]

Just phone PHG and ask, tell him tilers forums sent you.. marmox boards are good, i use no other brand of polycore....

 

[Ascot]

I'll do that.

Just spotted another board called Orbry. It's a good bit cheaper than again. Has anyone had any experience of it?

 

[DHTiling]

There are loads about but IMO it is the quality of the cement facing that does it for me with either Wedi or Marmox, some of the cheaper ones are not great quality for hanging stone to etc..

 

[Ascot]

I think, in my case, it will come down to whatever I can get my hands on!

 

[Dan]

Give PHG a call he'll sort you out. Tell him Dave and Dan sent you from the forum.

I thought you were trade to be honest back then ^^^^^ - My bad.

 

[ruairi mac]

Hi Ascot, do a quick google search for Multi Pro Board, they're based in Belfast. They manufacture tile backer boards I recently used there 6mm stuff to sheet over a bathroom floor. First time I used it and found it pretty good.

If you ring them they should be able to tell you your nearest stockist.

There website has full data/technical sheets to refer to for installation/usage purposes.

If your unsure bout anything just give the tech dept a phone and they should help you out no problem.

Best of luck

Ruairimac.

 

[Ger]

Try Flexel - they distribute Marmox - ask for Dell 00 353 86 8095 774

 

[Peter]

Where abouts in NI are you? A few places stock Aquapanel and then there's the No More Ply which is slightly cheaper.

 

[Ascot]

More good suggestions.

Wingn - I'm in Belfast. I can get my hands on Hardiebacker easily enough (same sort of stuff?) but I like the sound of the lighter weight boards that are easier to cut. I'm no expert in these things!

 

[Peter]

Frackletons done the foam boards but they shut shop a few weeks ago. Tile Market might still do them, they were taken over so not sure if they still have the same stock, so that only really leaves you with B&Q. McCalls might be worth a ring though, they carry a lot of stock and might be able to get it down to their Carryduff branch.

 

[Ben]

bathroom2u sell marmox and i know they can distribute to northern island!