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    The age old question… Tiling wooden floors!

    I’m about to embark on a mission to tile the upstairs bathroom and en-suite floor in a new extension. I’m not a tiler but I am a builder’s son and would be ashamed if I didn’t at least have a go on smaller of the two rooms before employing a tiler! The problem I have is a combination of...
    • matthew_uk_666
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    • floor floor tiling floors old tiling usa wooden
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  2. M

    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...
  3. C

    130m2 travertine, floors with ufh (manifold type and cable) advice on Ditra

    Hello, I have rather a large job and I know I will need ditra for the floor with manifold UFH, however upstairs in the wetrooms, where it is overboarded, cable, mapei 2 part slc, will I need it here ? Where can I get Ditra at a decent price to make some on ? cheers
    • cam_low
    • Thread
    • advice ditra floor floor tiling floors travertine ufh usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  4. J

    victorian geometric floors

    Thanks will be given to quality advice on this subject and will surly get a couple of rounds in in the forum arms. i was reading a post a couple of weeks ago about a client who wanted a wall job completing without spacers or as little as the 1mm and i think it was dave who provided the client...
    • jwatson
    • Thread
    • abcde edwardian edwardian floor floor floor tiling floors geometric geometric tile geometric tiling usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  5. R

    Plywood floors...

    There are endless posts on this forum from people who have come across problems with tiling onto ply. Some have had pro tilers tile the floors in there homes and the tile installation has failed later down the line, others are doing there own tiling and have installed plywood onto a floor ready...
  6. B

    Filling Gap Between Floors

    Having had useful info on a previous question I'm back, since removing the wall between two rooms I have a strip in the floor where the wall was through which runs a plastic DPC strip and the wavy edges of the damp proof membranes, this area is about 10mm lower than the floor levels each side, I...
  7. T

    Victorian tiled floors that had been written off.

    Hi these are floors from contracts over the years most had been written off by either the client or the architect. not going to say anything much about them as the pics do it all. again my apologies if they are out of sequence but i'm sure that everyone can figure them out. Cheers Steve. the...
    • Tenchman
    • Thread
    • been edwardian edwardian floor floor floor tiling floors geometric off that tiled usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  8. C

    Wet Room/Shower walls & Floors

    Hi I have just finished installing a Topps aqua dec shower tray and the floor and walls are boarded with hardie Backer [ 12mm walls & 6mm floor] I am just about to lay the Homelux matting to both walls and floor and I need to know how much of the walls and floor I need to cover. My questrions...
  9. S

    Tiling on Wooden Floors

    Most failures in the tiling business are from tiling on to wooden surfaces ,there are so many different construction methods with floating floors,suspended joists,plywood overlay and chipboard overlay How far do you check the wooden floor construction prior to laying and do you feel it is the...
  10. B

    Overlaying wooden floors

    Hi to everyone again i'm still quit new to this forum When i tile a bathroom i like everything centered such as shower control radiator bathcontrols basin wc cutting round any sanitary ware for me is a no no I realised the only way to get all these things right was to take the whole project on i...
  11. B

    New to Forum - Tiling on wooden floors with UFH

    Hello to everyone. My name is Barry. I have been a tiler in Bournemouth for 28 years - how tiling has changed in my time. I now specialise in complete bathroom installations. When not working with other tilers or a company you become a little insular and I am not sure that I am keeping up with...
    • Barry bp
    • Thread
    • floor floor tiling floors forum new build tiling ufh uk tiling forum usa wooden
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  12. T

    tiling floors

    hi is hardiebacker board the way to go when tiling floors or should you stick with ply ?? i presume the backer board can be used on all different types of surfaces and meets requirements ?ie timber floors concrete etc any info on this would be great! :smilewinkgrin:
  13. T

    tiling concrete floors

    hey just a quick question if i was going to tile a concrete floor could you lay tiles straight onto it or would it need priming ??also if the floor was uneven you would use a self leveling compound would this need priming after??also when laying ply down for wooden floors would you then need...
  14. I

    Deflection in timber sub floors

    Does anyone know of any authorative publication that specifies the allowable deflection tolerances in wooden suspended floors when laying marble tiles (in my case 600x600x20thick) Cheers Ian
    • Ian Harris
    • Thread
    • deflection floor floor tiling floors sub floors timber usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  15. D

    1st 2011 Project - downstairs WC and utility room floors

    right boys and girls, the first project for 2011 is in the planning. I want to tile the utility room and downstairs loo floors straight through and I'm just looking for advice on what adhesive to use as there will be a washing machine and dishwasher sitting on it. I am just looking at using...
    • Deleted member 9966
    • Thread
    • floor floor tiling floors project room usa
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  16. S

    Ready Mixed Adhesive For Floors....

    Came across this product in a tile shop that I was returning tiles that the customer wasn't happy with. On the instructions it recommends tiling directly onto chipboard floors and that there is no need for ply, or backer boards, it's also recommended for porcelain tiles. Also a couple of pics...
    • Stewart
    • Thread
    • adhesive floor floor tiling floors tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  17. D

    Pricing Thoughts on 2 floors

    Needing to put in a price for a 9m2 kitchen floor and 9m2 bathroom floor but have got a couple of "thats expensive" recently so thought id put it out to the fourm. Ply is layed and sound so im thinking of £470 inc materials and tax the lot and recon 2.5 days all in. 4 addy 2 grout What do you...
  18. F

    porcelain tiles onto a wooden floors

    Evening All I am about to fit porcelain tiles onto a wooden floor.Not floor boards but wooden sheets, can you recommend the best type of adhesives and also any prep work required. Thanks in advance
    • Fusion Tiling
    • Thread
    • floor floor tiling floors porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles usa wooden
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  19. M

    correct way to tackle uneven floors

    Time and again when tiling floors either timber (ply) floors or old concrete floors I struggle to work out the best way to correctly approach uneven floors. If for instance when looking at a concrete floor (recent example) of 22sqm with an area of particulary high point compared to the rest of...
  20. kilty55

    liquid floors any one ever fixed

    anyone fixed these? look nice,bulletproof also:yikes: Skytech Liquid Floors

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