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    Issues with tiling on chipboard

    Hi, just after a bit of advice on a tiling job that a professional fitter did for me in my kitchen around 10 months ago. The flooring was chipboard, and we've had the whole kitchen redone with the fitter doing the floor tiles. I bought a load of 6mm ply assuming that he was going to insist on...
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    Is chipboard so bad???

    Quick question, is chipboard that bad a floor substrate to tile on? I'll be doing someone's en suite floor in a couple of weeks and they have chipboard down at the moment. I would like to put ply or backerboard over it but I think it'll raise the floor level higher than that of the bedrooms...
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    tiling on chipboard

    I notice that my post tiling over floor grade chipboard continues to get viewed, and now has had 17777 views. It seems tiling over chipboard is a recurring situation. The post was locked over a year ago, but if it could be now re-opened, then I'll post an update on the status of the tiling.
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    overboarding chipboard hallway?

    Just a bit of advice really, normally just read other posts and that got me through our first bathroom tile but now tiling hallway and just keep reading conflicting advice. (and most of the stores have said don't bother overboarding but the forum suggests otherwise) Hallway is shaped in an F...
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    tile over 12mm chipboard

    hi.have suspended floor underfloor heating where kingspan between wooded joist and underfloor pipe clip to kingspan and than thin 25mm screed i want to put chip boards as my final floor and than tile over chip board . ive been told i only can use 12mm chipbaord other than that i wont get heat...
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    Looking for a tiler in SE London/Kent-Welling and advice on chipboard floor/day rates

    Hi there I am looking for atiler to tile 2 bathrooms both wall and floor with a small amount of plumbing work (replacing bath moving taps and replacing shower) My house is only 2 years old so walls etc are in good condition. The floors are chipboard and I have been told they need to bo taken...
    • McDogger
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    • advice chipboard find a tiler floor floor tiling london london tiler looking tiler tiler in london tilers directory usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    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...
    • richardbell81
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    • backerboard board chipboard floor floor tiling marmox marmox backerboard over tile backerboard usa
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiling on to chipboard flooring

    Hello, I'm a newbie here as i'm currently doing up our first house on a budget! I was wondering if you could give me some much needed advice and suggest some suitable BAL products? I'm narrowing it down to BAL as they come highly recommended! Here goes... I'm about to tile a small bathroom...
    • richardbell81
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    • chipboard floor floor tiling flooring tiling usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Adhesive Advice: Ceramic on 18mm Chipboard & 6mm No More Ply Screwed and Glued

    Hi Folks I'm looking for some advice. I have spent a lot of time searching for my exact situation and haven't found a definitive answer. Here's what i've got: -200mm x 50mm Joists on 300mm centres, 12ft span -18mm Green Chipboard -6mm No More Ply, screwed and glued with the manufacturer...
    • drumste
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    • adhesive advice ceramic ceramic tile chipboard no more ply ply tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiling straight onto floor grade chipboard

    Hi everyone, I'm about to attempt my first DIY tiling job shortly, and would appreciate some advice. There is a narrow strip of tiled flooring in front of a run of kitchen units, approximately 66cm wide x 4 metres long that I want to replace, as a couple of tiles were damaged by a heavy item...
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    • chipboard floor floor tiling straight tiling usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Chipboard with water UFH

    Hi all, Merry xmas and happy new year!! been to look at a job today and they have installed water pipe UFH and then boarded over with chipboard. I explained that i would never tile onto chipboard even without the UFH. I've never come across this before, normally i would put backer boards down...
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    Tiles on chipboard

    Hi, I'm a South African building a house in South West France. Can ceramic tiles be laid successfully onto chipboard floors?
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    insulation backed chipboard

    ive got a bathroom to do this week, its chipboard flooring and as the house is only about 6 yrs old i thought i would lift a bit of floor to make sure it was not a floating floor, its not a floating floor but the chipboard has about 40mm of insulation between it and the joists, should i just...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Tiling chipboard floors

    Hi All Just thought I'd see what the tilers forum members think about Tiling onto 22mm moisture resistant t&g chip board flooring as more and more jobs that I go to price these days seem to be prepared by the chippy using chipboard instead of ply. I've been using an adhesive from tilemaster...
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    Chipboard suitability with hardi

    Here's an update on the upcoming floor. Spoken to joiner and he has no way of adding noggins between joists because of the ufh pipework so advised not to use sheets of ply as under every joint must be supported. Which makes sense, so if chipboard is used which is obviously 22mm thick and...
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    remove chipboard?

    Hi - I posted ages ago about dodgy tiling/shower installation done in a loft conversion. Finally we're going to have the whole thing redone (not by the original builder!). We've had different people quoting for the job but I'd like to run sth past members of this forum Dodgy builder put...
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    how to replace water damaged chipboard under tiles?

    What is the best way to remove and also replace the water damaged chipboard and cellotex under ceramic tiled kitchen flloor. Also what do you do about the kitchen cupboards resting on the floor, do these need to come out too?? the chipboard looked like weetabix under the tiles and cellotex is...
    • Unregistered
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    • chipboard how how to tile replace tile tiles tiling guide under usa water
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tilig on chipboard

    There are adhesive manufacturers out there that their adhesives are suitable for use on chipboard . i disagree and heres why These tiles were installed 2 years ago not sure if any prep work was involved. There is good coverage on the tiles but not one little bit of adhesive had...
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