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    Plywood tiling not setting in places

    Hi wondering if anyone can help ive tiled the passage, i bought some 12mm ply and screwed it down to the floorboards i then tiled directly onto the ply with ceramic 333/333 using mapei flexible adhesive i checked this morning and some have set and others havent ive had to pull them back up and...
  2. P

    Setting wedi shower on plywood base.

    Hi Folks, if I could pick your brains for an opinion Id be very grateful. I'm building a bathroom over here in NL In my attic. Ive battoned between the floor joists, and set 2 layers of 18mm plywood under the shower area. I primed the plywood with a waterproof primer, then set the wedi fundo...
  3. Huddersfield Tiling

    The End Of Plywood (I'm Not James Hardibacker)

    I slipped over when posting
  4. M

    Decoupling mat over self-levelling plywood floor

    I am going to be tiling my upstairs bathroom that has a wooden floor. It originally had wooden floorboards 22mm thick. We have removed all the tongue and groove floor boards as they were rotten and uneven. The joists were solid and in good nick. It has now been sheeted with 22mm Ply and screwed...
  5. A

    Urgent plywood /backer-board advice needed !!!

    Got a refurbishment job in a shower/WC of a large twin-unit mobile home. The walls are 2x1 timber covered in 6mm ply and then when converted into a shower topped with 12mm OSB board and then tiles. All this has been removed leaving the studding and it's time to add a decent backing for the...
  6. D

    pls advise- best insulation, sub-floor and underlayment for tiled kitchen floor?

    My floor joists are good but I need to replace whole subfloor and tile kitchen floor. I am working on a budget but I want to install functional and durable solution according to British standard for both subfloor and underlayment. Ppl with experience, could you please advise what insulation to...
    • diywork
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    • best canada cement board decoupling membrane floor installation insulation kitchen kitchen floor plywood subfloor tile backerboard tiled
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Big bit of ply, or cut into smaller bits?

    Hi I am redoing our bathroom. I'm going to be laying 18mm plywood on the joists (16in centres, with noggins) and tiling on that using a decoupling membrane (Ditra 25). My plywood is 2440x 1220mm. Is it better to lay the plywood in one big sheet or cut it into smaller sheets with 3mm gap...
  8. J

    Use plywood behind tile backer board?

    So I'm about to box in some pipes and tile over them - I understand that tiling directly onto ply is bad obvs - just wondered if it's advisable to box in with ply and then overboard with tile backer board or do most tilers just go with board directly?
    • jonhamil
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    • backer board board canada plywood tile tile backerboard
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Bathroom floor advice needed...

    Hi all, new member and my first post... I’m doing a full bathroom refurb. I last did it about 12yrs ago and that job lasted with no leaks or lifting or cracked tiles etc. But from some up to date research, previous job was all wrong. 6mm plywood screwed down on t&g floor boards, sealed with pva...
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    Gap on plywood butt joint

    Plywood subfloor butt joint Hi everyone, I'm remodeling a bathroom and currently at the tiling stage of the floor. The floor has a 1x5" wood subfloor ( old house) and then has a 5/8 plywood on top. I'm planning on using Ditra as uncoupling membrane but before that the plywood has a butt joint...
  11. S

    Kitchen backsplash with Durabase Cl++

    I discovered what appears to be luan underneath an old laminate backsplash. I can't remove the luan and was thinking about using Durabase Cl++ Uncoupling mat over the luan so I can tile the backsplash. I can't find a product to use to attach the Durabase to the plywood. Durabase answered a...
  12. Y

    Question regarding plywood?

    Hi forum, 1st post so here goes! I'm a general builder who will be having my own lounge floor tiled shortly. I won't be doing it myself but will be prepping everything beforehand. The area is 25 sq.m & I will be using 600 x 600 porcelain tiles. I intend to install 10sq.m of u\floor wire heating...
  13. J

    Wetroom help plywood floor

    Hi I will be ripping a bath with shower out and want to replace with a wetroom, I want to keep a level floor throughout the bathroom I am not wanting to buy a tray and plan to make one out of plywood I know this can be done if ranked correctly. I am just wanting to know how to get the slopes...
  14. T

    22mm cement board vs plywood and backer board

    Hi, I am building a new bathroom in my own house. The room is on the first floor in a newly built extension. There is no floor yet, just joists. I plan to have a tiled floor with electric underfloor heating. We haven’t chosen tiles yet but will probably go for large format floor tiles. The...
    • Tuttle
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    • backer board board canada cement cement board plywood tile backerboard
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. M

    Subfloor preparation - matting vs board on plywood

    Bit of an intro - I'm a competent DIYer and have been refurbing the bathroom on and off for the last few months - currently the only bathroom in the house so am refurbing around the family using it, hence it's taking a while. So I've got the shower cubicle in and installed (tanked and tiled) -...
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    Preparation Tanked plywood and need to Marmox

    Please help - I put down plywood and tanked it with a Mapi tanking kit, I painted the liquid all over the floor. We then decided we'd put down a heat mat so we need to put down Marmox insulation tiles. I have the insulation all cut out and have started to screw it down - the screws (with large...
  17. Steve_Bcs

    Which slc for levelling a plywood floor

    I have for my sins purchased a lightweight ABS shower tray ( podium from plumbword). It needs a dead level surface to be bonded into place onto. My 18mm ply base is out by 5mm at one side so I need to level it from 0- 5mm across a metre in one direction. Which slc would be appropriate? Thanks
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    Can you lay hardibacker on top of 9mm ply

    Hi, we are getting our kitchen re-done and having the floor tiled. The previous owner has put 9mm ply down and used a vinyl over the top, however he’s plyed underneath the cabinets. A few tilers have mentioned about using hardie backer but some have suggested ripping out the ply underneath. As...
    • RKyls
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    • adhesive can canada hardi backer hardibacker ply plywood top
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. D

    Plywood for tiling on floors? or Tile backer board?

    Hello everyone I have a question reguarding ply for floors. It states that it has to be WPB but my question is where do you buy this ply from. Jewsons ply does not state it is WPB and the ply in wickes says nothing too just that it's sutible externaly if coated with a protector. Please can you...
    • Dan1234
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    • backer board board canada floor floor tiling floors plywood tile tile backerboard tiling
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Marine plywood floor for tiles

    Hi all, I hope you're all well. Is it ok to tile on to a marine ply floor? If not, what sub floor are people using over joists these days. Thank you
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