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    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...
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    Chipboard, 6mm Hardie & Bal single part fastflex

    Evening, I've got 30x30 ceramics to tile onto chipboard in bathroom roughly an area of 6'x4' I know chipboard is not ideal in a bathroom however I'm happy that it's in good condition and solid on 8"x2" joists with little if any movement when i walk on it (I'm 16st btw!) With this in mind I...
    • pro-handyman
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    • adhesive bal bal adhesive building adhesives chipboard grout hardie usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    chipboard

    just want to know if i can tile straight over chip board or do i have to ply thanks
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    tile onto chipboard or not ?

    hi ! got a small job to do, bathroom floor, 4 meters. floor has little movement and is chipboard. normally i would overboard, but been to my local tile giant and he recommended a 2 part mapei adhesive and said there is no problem tiling over chipboard ? just in limbo at the min and not sure if i...
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    insulation board on chipboard..

    Hi folks, have a bathroom floor with UFH to tile, substrate is well screwed down chipboard. I know normally you bed the ins' boards down onto flexi adi, I'm thinking it would be ok to glue (gripfill) and screw them down with washers in this instance. What do you think? Otherwise I could...
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    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...
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    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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    Tiling onto chipboard

    I have come across a few threads on Tilers Forum re: tiling onto chipboard. Could someone give me some quick advice, as my issue is a little different to what's been discussed so far. I want to tile my kitchen floor. It is concrete and on top of the concrete is c. 30mm waterproofed chipboard...
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    Tiling on chipboard - why not?

    I have been reading on a few posts that it's not the best idea to tile over chipboard without some ply being layd down 1st. What would happen if you tiled right on to the chipboard?? One of my 1st jobs was a kitchen floor 16m2 that was a chipboard floor, I told the customer it had to be ply...
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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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    tiling on chipboard

    can someone please assist ! i am going to tile my bathroom floor it currently has 18mm chipboard flooring that is waterproofed further to this it has had a coat of pva at 3 to one mix slapped on it. what is now going to be the best way to tile on this surface some have said i can tile on the...
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    tiling ontop of chipboard

    Hi all just in the process of doing the bathroom and Ensuite up, have a couple of questions which i need answers to, 1,we would like a tiled floor in both rooms, but currently have 18mm chipboard flooring, the floor need to be pulled up and plumbing reworked etc, would it be ok to re-screw new...
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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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    Fixing Hardibacker direct to chipboard?

    Hi all, Just tried to pm hardi rep on here but it said his mailbox is full (popular guy!!) so thought I would ask the rest of the knowledgable bunch. I have a job next week (weather permitting!) laying 20mm thick marble tiles. They're to be lay onto chipboard flooring so I wanted to lay...
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    uncoupling membrane between limestone tiles and chipboard flooring

    Hi guys...went to look at a job today, house refurb/extension..100m2 of 600x400 limestone tiles on solid floor over seven joining rooms (ground floor) and three ensuites with chipboard flooring (first floor)..Normally, I would lay 12mm plywood onto the ensuite floors (approx 3.5m2 each) then...
    • Daveyboy
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    • chipboard floor floor tiling flooring limestone membrane tile tiles uncoupling uncoupling membrane usa
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    waxy chipboard

    hi need some help havnt been on 4 a while can i stick ditra to the chip board that has the green or red film when you take it off the chipboard has a waxy feel thanks tim h
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    Fireproof chipboard

    I got asked to price a kitchen splashy and when I viewed I realised that the area above the cooker was finished with fireproof chipboard. I told the customer that I would not tile it and it will need to be replaced. Customer was not best pleased as his kitchen fitter had specified and charged...
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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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    tiling on chipboard.

    HI has any one on here used "unibond tiling wooden floors adhesive as ive a bathroom floor to tile and it has chipboard down and this stuff boasts it can be used on chipboard,thanks.
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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...
    • boisty
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    • big chipboard floor floor tiling laying tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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