can I just get a general consensus/hands up on here please:
Does everyone fix hardibacker down with adhesive as well as screws, or does anyone just use screws?
I've always used the adhesive as per manufacturers instructions but speaking to a few traders at the local topps tiles recently, all...
Afternoon
I know this is a similar thread to one already started however slightly different so warrants a new thread?!
I have a 'Sun Room' floor to tile in a 1st floor extension.
The floor is softwood floorboards with no obvious deflection & the tiles are 900mm plank wood effect porcelains.
I...
Hi, just looking for some advice on tiling onto hardibacker which will be on top of a chipboard floor. Which non-flexible bal adhesive should I use to lay the hardibacker board on and what flexible adhesive to lay the tiles on?
The Floor area is and in a bathroom and is not very big
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Evening All,
Can you help me with the below?
I am building an ensuite in a spare room, and will be installing a square slimline shower tray (900 x 900), which will be surrounded by three walls and then the shower door.
On the walls I am installing 12mm Hardibacker board.
The floor is 18mm...
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Ive built my shower enclosure with hardiebacker and am going to tank it with the Mapei kit.
With regards to the boardjoints and the corner and floor junctions should I use the hardiebacker fibatape bedded in adhesive as well as using the mapei tape on top? Im concerned it will finish a bit...
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Is there an online retailer that i can get all this delivered:
Cement board (which would be most suitable for floor onto of chipboard for 8mm ceramic??). Also can i get away with just screwing this down? rather than sticking it down?
Water resistant ply (just need 2 sheets for around the...
Hi All,
Firstly thanks for all the help and advice you have given so far.
All the walls were out and I have fitted new studs to the existing ones and straightened it out. Before doing this I had a run out over the 1700mm run of 18mm at worst. Now this has been corrected it's 2mm and that has...
Hi all, newbie here, we are in the process of refitting our small bathroom and would really appreciate any advice you could give us:
1: We are still in the process of knocking off the old tiles in preparation for plastering, do I fit the low profile shower tray before or after plastering?
2...
Hi all,
Just wondering what you all prefer to use if covering over floors or lining walls.
I know dukkaboard is light and easy to cut but is it as stable as the harder and heavier
hardibacker board ( try saying that quickly) Your thoughts please.
John, new tiler from Hampshire
Hi , I am trying to find my preferred system for my wetroom and I like the idea of the Aqua4ma shower tray, however i need to board a solid wall and a stud wall around the tray and the cost of the aqua4ma boards are to say the least steep, so I was wondering if I could fit the aqua4ma tray then...
Hi all, our plastic bath panel was cracked so I decided to get rid of it and make a panel that I could tile, now I have secured the bath as much as possible using 2x2 and its solid and I have approx 40mm extrusion from side of the bath to tile onto if you know what I mean (had to bring a lip out...
hello all, just wanted to ask if anyone knows the price of hardibacker at ctd at the moment. i need to price a job today, but not sure if it's still 7.50 per sheet right now. or if anyone knows where i can get a good price on it in the kent area at the moment. need to get the estimate sent off...
Hi.
Had some great advice last time I used the forum about tiling walls.
Now I've decided to tile my bathroom floor and there's a few things I'm not sure of.
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction....(don't have the confidence to just go ahead and do it without checking with...
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i started a thread about tiling over water heat pipes a few weeks ago but came to conclusion didnt want the job as was too risky.
another tiler has come back and said he would fix hardibacker board screwed in to ply batten which are betwen heat pipes and on top of screed .
any views on this.
my...
Hi could you advise me on using hardibacker board,i would like to tile my bathroom floor which has T&G floorboards.Can i fix the hardiboard to the T&G boards following the correct instructions,looking at their website they say it should be fitted to ply no mention of T&G boards ,thanks inadvance
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Am doing a job for my aunt at the weekend.
Remove old tiles and 6mm ply to floor boards as it has failed (surprise,surprise).
Now as i have had nothing to do with the material side of things as i was only called about it after they had bought everything,the guy from ctd has sold her 6mm...
Hello everyone.
I have a timber stud wall with hardibacker board and 10mm thick porcelain tiles.
I need to fix a shower rail and other various small items to this wall.
What is the best method of fixings items to this?
I was thinking using the metal plaster board fixings, the ones with...
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I've just got a job tiling 2 new bathrooms. I've now noticed that there's no polythene behind the Hardibacker over the shower tray and bath in either bathroom. I'm not supplying any materials on this one and will be using Granfix multifix and maxigrout for 400x250 8mm ceramics with a 75mm glass...