hardiebacker

  1. Lakey

    Should I Be Useing Hardiebacker?

    Guys n gals Have been asked to tile a 1st floor room with 900x150 porcelain wood effect tiles. The sub floor is new floor boards as it is part of an extension which seem very solid with no noticeable deflection. I am intending on laying 6mm Hardiebacker boards prior to tiling. Is this the...
  2. O

    Hardiebacker Vs No More Ply Nmp

    One of my suppliers is going over from stocking Hardie to NMP So I am in the process of looking up info on NMP and comparing the two if that is possible. Now most people are aware of the fact that you have to be careful when cutting Hardie as regards the dust when cutting the boards. But there...
  3. Dave

    Dragon Boards

    Got a job soon where customer has bought Dragon boards from tile store , tile store says its like hardiebacker ? Anyone used it ? Link >>> Dragonboard - Page
  4. T

    Method For Fixing Marmox Or Hardie To Walls.

    Having never done it, can you guys advise on a rough step by step guide for fixing marmox or hardie to different kinds of wall. For studded and skimmed walls and for brick walls both plastered and not plastered. Need to know about the gluing and screwing for both instances. Thanks in advance.
  5. C

    Laying 80m Of Hardie Boards (concrete)

    Alright pro tilers Have a question for you all Had a look at a job that involves building up a area of 80m for a floor to bring up the height to the other floor, the client has got that hardie 12mm concrete boards, will it be alright to prime the floor and use flexible adhesive to stick the...
  6. 5

    what to tile to!

    Hi,would appreciate your opinions on what wall substrate would be the best to tile to in an upcoming new from scratch installation.Two sides are back to bare brick and the other two sides will be a stud construction,not sure what size tile but will most probably be 8mm ceramic,i'm quite tight...
  7. G

    Ceramic on hardiebacker on ply

    Hi all, I'm new to the forum so please forgive any silly questions, I've taken on rather a big DIY job so some expert guidance would be appreciated on occasion. I recently noticed our tiles cracking in both our adjacent upstairs bathrooms. After taking these up I found that the original...
  8. A

    Hardiebacker Board - Which Adhesive

    Evening all, Ive just ordered hardiebacker board to install in bathroom. Wall - Will be installed directly onto existing masonry Floor - Will be installed on to 18mm WBP, with a further sub floor of 18mm WBP beneath. I have read conflicting information with regards to which adhesive is best...
  9. O

    Hardiebacker 250 question

    Would you overboard a timber floor with HB250 that has 6mm cork tiles fitted on top, without taking the cork tiles up? ie creating a cork sandwich. Seems a shame to create more work than is necessary.
  10. J

    Tiling porcelain tiles over plywood with Hardiebacker and Fastflex

    First solo job this week...:smilewinkgrin: It's a small kitchen extension (6m2) that the customer wants tiling in 450x450 unglazed porcelain tiles (8mm thick). The subfloor is plywood over wooden joists (1 3/4 x 5 3/4). The current floor over that is chipboard then some green fibre underlay and...
  11. J

    Hardiebacker Vs Plasterboard

    Is plasterboard easier to work with than Hardiebacker? I know Hardiebacker can support more weight for tiles than plasterboard, and can be fixed to walls in a siliar fashion to plasterboard, and Hardiebacker doesn't need priming (and more expensive than plasterboard). How do you fix...
  12. J

    Advice on bathroom stud wall & floorboard prep, Marmox, Hardiebacker

    Hi, I'm after some advice on preparing the walls and floor of a bathroom for tiling. I want waterproof boards around the shower, and I'm currently going with Marmox. First question is on the stiffness of the Marmox boards: are 12.5mm boards really OK to go straight onto stud walls? There won't...
  13. D

    Hardiebacker 500

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  14. K

    Hardiebacker or marmox

    Evening. Any thoughts on which is the most rigid surface to overboard with. 6mm hardie screwed and on adhesive or 6 or 10mm marmox screwed and on adhesive Cheers. Kevin
  15. S

    Tiling onto hardiebacker best floor tile adhesive?

    Hi all, would appreciate some advice as to best adhesive to lay 7mm porcelain tiles onto hardiebacker, this boarding has been fixed and screwed over green chipboard in a small ensuite. cheers, Steve
  16. J

    Warmup Insulation Board over Hardiebacker???

    Hi All, The bathroom is still coming along and despite loads of life issues slowing it down it's going well. I discovered that installing 10mm Warmup insulations board would make my life easier in terms of installing the probe as opposed to digging through the already installed 6mm Hardi that...
  17. B

    No more ply vs Hardiebacker boards

    Can someone tell me whats the difference-if there is one- between these two? also which one do people recommend and also I need to put one of these on my bathroom floor before i tile what thickness is recommended and how are they installed. P.S im a DIYer but can do most jobs and not a beginner...
  18. L

    Hardiebacker only screwed to chipboard. No adhesive

    Hi, I went to look at a job today, and the homeowner is a keen DIYer. He has been renovating the bathroom. Old tiles removed which were stuck directly on chipboard and hardibacker screwed down. 6mm board over a particularly lumpy floor from the old adhesive, but board not stuck down at all...
  19. D

    Brick slips onto hardiebacker 500

    Hi Can anyone help!..... I am having a log burner installed and using hardibacker in the fireplace chamber and need to know if I need to seal the boards if using a none cement tile adhesive. The adhesive I will be using is vitcas heat resistant tile adhesive and will be putting 20mm brick...
  20. J

    Fixing into Hardiebacker

    Hi All, What is the best way of fixing into Hardibacker (12mm) Do you use rawlplugs etc. or a hollow wall fixing? The Hardi is screwed to studwork and is now tiled. All I need to fix is the rail for the shower, the water is fed from the digital controller in the loft through the rail and then...

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