chipboard floor

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    retiling chipboard floor

    Hi, my son has taken up the tiles on his bathroom floor in his new house. Some of the old adhesive came away cleanly, but much did not. He has no idea what the adhesive is, but it is dark grey. He has tried scraping and chiselling to no avail, except he now has some chunks out of the chipboard...
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    Travertine onto a chipboard floor?

    Hi fellas, i know i cant tile straight onto the chipboard, but what should i use onto the chipboard before the tile goes down? The floor is split over 4 rooms, block and beam with chipboard surface, total about 50m2 seems to be nice and sturdy, (if i get the owner to jump up and down, i can only...
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    How many guys tile over chipboard floor?

    Hey folks, Just wanted to ask how many of guys have tiled over chipboard and been in the game long enough to honestly say there have been no comebacks. I know some adhesives are meant to be suitable e.g. Mapei Kerraquick with the latex plus. I have never done this as I feel very cuatious...
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    Laying BIG tiles on a crap chipboard floor????

    Hi Folks I've recently been asked by a mate to lay some of those bloody 900mm tiles from B&Q (sorry, I'm new on here, is it ok to use the those two letters here? :dizzy2: ) onto his poorly laid 18mm p4 floor which has wet underfloor heating running off the central heating system. Without...
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    Tiling on chipboard floor

    Got a bathroom coming up, existing floor tiles on chipboard floor hoping they will come up easily, ajoining room has laminate floor, so if possible I want to avoid a step, I have allways used 12m/m ply overly on all my floors but this will create a step, anyone used this flexible two part tile...
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    Tiling on a floating chipboard floor.

    Hi, I've read posts regards tiling on a floating chipboard floor, i have approx 30mm of polystyrene, with 20mm of chipboard on top. There is damp proof sheet under the polystyrene then concrete under that. There is a small amount of deflection when you walk over the floor. Is there...
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    Chipboard floor in bathroom - best way forward?

    Hi All Im a newbie to DIY tiling and need some advice please. :) We've recently re-fitted our bathroom and Im not onto the tiling stage. Ive done most of the walls and am now onto the floor. The issue I have is that the floor is 20mm tongue & groove chipboard, which in my ignorance looked...
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    chipboard floor - new conservatory

    We are building a new conservatory (6.2m x 2.6m) with 22mm t&g glued chipboard floor. There is a concrete base under the joists and insulation between them. We want to lay travertine or marble tiles. Is the chipboard OK and what adhesives should we use? Do we need a matting layer (not sure of...
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    chipboard floor and adhesive

    hi guys hope all is good. Im tiling three floors in a new build. A downstairs toilet 1sqm concrete floor.An en suite 2sqm chipboard floor and a 3sqm chipboard bathroom.The problem im having is that the two chipboard floors dont seem to be screwed down.The floors are made up of about three panels...
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    chipboard floor

    Hi Guys, I have a job where the existing floor is chipboard and explained to the customer that 15mm plyboard sheets has to be layed before i can tile the floor. They are reluctant to have ply layed, is there any other way of laying the tiles without ply. i know its a sillt question...
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    Chipboard floor

    I'm tiling a bathroom floor that is Chipboard, I have pulled up the old floor and it looks like it has previously been primed (no idea what with!) Is my best course of action to; 1. re-prime the floorand then tile ontop using BAL Flexi Addy 2. Lay a new waterproof floor, prime and tile Or...
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    tiling onto chipboard floor

    I am new to tiling, i have just completed a course. My first project is to tile a bathroom floor but it is made of chipboard. If i prime it first will it be ok to tile onto with flexible adhesive ?
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    Chipboard floor in a new build.

    Hi all have been reading forum for a while but not posted before, I have been asked to quote to tile floors in a new build flat, (6months old) 20m2 in total, all floors are green chipboard, he wants slate ideally but wants a quote for both ceramic and slate, the job consists of: Entrance hall...
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    Replacing chipboard floor

    Hi, I'm having a kitchen retiled (about 20 M2), and a tiler who has quoted isn'thappy with the current floating chipboard floor for various reasons (movement, moisture resistance, level etc..), and I'm inclined to agree with him. Basically, I think have two options.... 1) Overlay with...
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    Removing old adhesive from chipboard Floor

    Doing a Bathroom and en-suite, have removed old adhesive from en-suite with SDS drill with chisel (tried a floor scraper but nothing doing) and plyed out. Dont fancy repeating this in the bathroom though as a lot bigger, any alternatives, dont surpose you can use floor leveller as going onto...
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    tiling and ufh in conservatory on chipboard floor

    Hi I am erecting a conservatory on a steel base supplied by a firm called Durabase. It has steel joists and is supplied with 18mm moisture resistant chipboard, which are screwed to the joists, there is 50mm of polystyrene insulation between the joists. I want to fit underfloor heating and tiles...
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    chipboard floor

    Doing a kitchen and customer might want me to bathroom floor at some point. Problem is the floor is a really crap patchwork of chipboard (as is the landing - looks like its been patched up with any type of scrap wood - rather than proper floorboards). Obviouslly you can't tile on this but how...
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    Chipboard floor

    Hi all, I'm a DIYer looking for some advice! Apologies if this has been asked before but I'm getting confused with conflicting info. I'm in the process of decorating my en-suite and my query is with floor tiling. I've got 18mm chipboard nailed to the joists and am unsure how to proceed. From...

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