chipboard floor

  1. J

    Best adhesive for fixing Marmox boards to bathroom chipboard floor

    Hi, I was going to use some Mapei Super Flexible Adhesive I have kicking about (which I've just found out is specially fomulated for B&Q - which is ringing alarm bells as I'm sure it will likely be inferior). I rang Mapei and they said dont use that! Instread, sand the floor to create a key...
  2. R

    Chipboard floor

    Good afternoon went to look at a job this morning. 4 upstairs bathrooms including a loft extension bathroom and all of the floors are the wonderful 22mm moisture resistant chipboard straight onto the joists. All the floors are solid so no deflection issues. It's been explained that it needs...
  3. B

    marmox boards on chipboard floor - fixing

    evening all , been asked to fit marmox boards onto chipboard floor before fitting warmup heating . what is best way to fix boards to chipboard? ( dont like chipboard !!!) normally i use no more ply or take up chipboard and replace with flooring grade ply screwed to joists. what adhesive to use...
  4. M

    tiling on a chipboard floor

    if a chipboard floor has plenty of screws in and apears to be solid and no bounce,can i overlay with detra, and fit 600x300 porcelin tiles?
  5. B

    Floor tiles on chipboard floor

    Hi all I'm hoping you can give me a steer on this one. I have a 10-year old townhouse with the kitchen on the 1st floor. The builders (numptys that they were) laid the kitchen floor tiles staright onto chipboard. Yep, you guessed it, numerous lose and broken tiles 10yrs later. Am in the...
  6. stone tiler

    advice on chipboard floor needed

    Been to quote on a job today and advice needed on this one I think! 50mt total area, 15mts is 22mm water-proof chipboard on joists screwed every 12 inches due to wet underfloor heating below. The rest of the floor is 35mts of new screed with wet underfloor heating. Tiles chosen are 600 x 400 x...
  7. J

    Chipboard floor and ufh, advice please.

    Hi folks Im new to the site and looking for thoughts on the above. The job is a hallway leading into a kitchen/extension. About 50sqm. The floor is 22mm chipboard fixed directly to joists, although they seem to have put in extra noggins and tightened the floor up pretty well I have...
  8. M

    Stardust Quartz 300x300 fitting on chipboard floor

    Morning Everyone ! I've been a member here for a while and have gleaned a lot of good info,however I'd like a bit of advice on the following please- Been asked to lay the above tiles , not sure where they are from as customer got them on line but he tells me they are the same as Topps Tiles...
  9. R

    Over boarding Chipboard floor with 6mm Marmox board

    Hello all, Following on from my last thread I wondered how you would suggest fixing 6mm Marmox board to 18mm chipboard flooring. I haven't been able to do anything about it since my last post as i've been away so just to re-cap... I'm tiling a small bathroom floor (2.2 m2, pic attached) with...
  10. A

    green chipboard floor help

    Hi, i have a green chipboard 22mm floor that is on joist, that are screwed to concrete and are really solid, and am going to put down 40m2 of quartz tiles. The problem i have is i don't have room to overboard or if i did maximum would be 3mm, what is the best adhesive to use please. I have...
  11. M

    Chipboard Floor

    I have just joined the forum as, an amateur in need of advice. Could someone tell me why you shouldn't tile over chipboard. Is it just the movement of the floor that cause grout or tiles to crack or is there someother reason? I did tile on top of my chipboard floor about 8 years ago and have...
  12. J

    Chipboard floor prep

    Hi guys, this is my first post so please be gentle on me!! I'm a self employed tiler although sadly I wasnt on the job trained I went to a college in the UK to qualify in 8 weeks. Seemed at the time that it was a reasonable thing to do but reading through the posts desperately craving technical...
  13. D

    Chipboard floor

    Guys I have a job to look at at the weekend, its on the green waterproof chipboard, im guessing i just need to overboard with 6mm cement board and tile that. also what do i use to glue the cement board to the chipboard Cheers
  14. H

    Chipboard floor

    Hi advice appreciated please, I have a 12 m2 hallway and a 4m2 downstairs toilet that run off, the floor is chipboard which is pretty solid with not much deflection. I was hoping to overboard with 6 mm hardibacker as the customer doesn't want much of a step into the adjoining lounge, sheera...
  15. H

    Advice please.....ceramic tiles, chipboard floor, cracked grout

    Really appreciate your time..... I completed a 22sqm kitchen floor a few months ago, ceramic tiles on approx 1.5 inch thick chipboard. I used 2 part flexi adhesive and Bal super flex grout. The grout in a couple of areas has cracked along several tiles and 2/3 of the tiles do have a bit of...
  16. I

    Under floor heating mat on chipboard floor

    Hi folks, Got a job in a couple of weeks where the customer wants under floor heating. Just wanted to know what best practice and materials are for this job ie, ply, then mat, then a flex slc over, then tile with flex adhesive/ grout etc. Substrate is 22mm chip board screwed to joists, tiles...
  17. D

    Limestone on a chipboard floor, with UFH!

    Been asked to tile an en-suite bathroom floor with the possibility of underfloor heating. As I am still wet behind the ears in this game, I want to check I got it right before I go back to the customer. Customer is insisting on a natural limestone floor, probably something like beige 450mm...
  18. S

    chipboard floor

    quick one guys,started tearing up a bathroom floor for my dad yesterday,it was some sort of vinyl glued to 6mm ply which was also looked to be glued and screwed,total nitemare to get up,got the wc out,floor up back to the original chipboard which dosent look too good at some points,i was thinkin...
  19. P

    Chipboard floor tiling

    hi all again. a friend of mine has asked me if i could help him with his bathroom floor. last time i asked on here i ended up with a really nice floor for my daughter :hurray:everybody. here for some more advise now if i may. there is a full new floor that is chipboard laid on new joists but...
  20. A

    chipboard floor help!!

    Hi, got a job to tile upstairs bathroom floor. problem is theres chipboard all over with a small dip and bounce by the door. A builder friend i know said i should screw ply down and then use leveling compound,is this right? forgot to say cant take chipboard up and replace with something else as...

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