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    Another question about tiling on plywood.

    Hello.....hoping some of you can offer some advice. I am in the process of tiling my bathroom. I have installed the shower tray in the corner of the room (brick/plaster walls) and built a fin wall on the third side. I have, however, used 18mm plywood to sheet out the fin wall. I realise now...
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    tiling on to plywood

    Hi I recently tiled a bathroom which was boarded out on the stud walls with 12mm wbp(origin china).It was a ceramic tile approx 400mmx250mm. Ply was primed with acrylic primer then tiles fixed with a good quality single part flexible adhesive. Floor was joists @ 400mm centres.22mm Chipboard...
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    A question about plywood thickness?

    Hello everybody, this is my first post so firstly I wanted to say hello and thank you to the person who set up this site as it is a great idea! My problem is that the grout between the tiles on the floor of my bathroom are cracking and the tiles feel like they are moving quite alot when you...
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    Tanking over plywood in a shower?

    Now I know this isn't recommended but I'm having my loft converted and the builder has built shower walls with WPB ply. Everything I've read seems to suggest that not ideal as the backs/ends need to be primed with sbr and faced with taking. However that looks like the root I'm ending up being...
    • lastfourfather
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    • aus over plywood shower tank tanking usa waterproofing wetroom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Floor tiling onto plywood???

    Evening lads, i,ve read quite a few debates on here lately about this issue, i,ve got to be honest i,ve always used plywood overlays when tiling floors, i use 15mm marine ply which i screw through the floorboards into the joist and i,ve never had any problem or had to return to any job i,ve...
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    Tiling onto plywood

    How to prepare plywood which I want to tile, WITHOUT using backerboard. The problem is that due to my measurement fault:mad2: I cannot use backerboard and I have to tile straight on to ply otherwise I would not get the effect which I want. I am talking about tanking which is hiding downpipe...
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    Floor Tiles on to Plywood.

    I'm a enthusiastic DIYer. I've knocked through a cupboard to make an ensuite bigger (its now about 3m2); removed a cast iron bath; put in new shower; extra basin, moved wc and tiled the walls with large tiles (1000mm x 333mm and 592mm x 333mm). Done everything myself apart from plastering one...
    • wilmslowwhite
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    • aus floor floor tiles floor tiling plywood tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Help please- Advice on tiling onto plywood boxing

    Hi everyone, I am in the process of quoting for a job which is a bathroom and along one wall it has boxing built from 18mm exterior ply to hide the plumbing pipework to the bath, basin and wc and the wc and basin will be the wall hung type fixed onto to this boxing, the customer has not yet...
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    How to check deflection on plywood across joists

    Time and time again, I see advice offered to check for deflection before starting to tile on floorboards/plywood across joists. What I don't understand is - how do you check for deflection and how much deflection is acceptable? Is there a gadget or a certain way of doing it? Do you jump up and...
    • jesteh
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    • aus deflection how how to tile joists plywood tiling guide usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    What sort of primer to coat underside & edges of plywood floor?

    Thanks to replies to an earlier post, I am re-fitting my new 22mm WBP ply floor with expansion gaps & I will also coat with primer on the underside & edges (to reduce risk of moisture absorbtion). Can anyone recommend what sort of primer I should be using for this? Sorry if this has been...
    • ojtiler
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    • aus coat floor floor tiling plywood primer usa what
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    I've already installed plywood to wet-room walls - do I need to remove/replace??

    I would appreciate advice for my project for my wet-room project. Having already received some helpful guidance on edging strip in a separate thread, I've also realised by reading many other posts that plywood is no longer a recommended substrate for the walls in this application - and there may...
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    Tiling onto plywood

    I read some posts earlier regarding tiling onto plywood. I did a job just over a year ago. When I looked at it I advised that the 12mm wbp plywood was not a satisfactory substrate. The customers builder argued that it was and that he had been building bathroom & wetroom walls like it for...
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    Self Leveling onto plywood

    iv been asked to tile my dads kitchen floor which has had a small extension. The levels are not perfect and there is a slight dip in places. We have 25mm ply down but the dips are still visible. The tiles are marble and im worried i wont be able to smooth out uneven parts with just adhesive. Can...
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    Which primer for plywood floor?

    Which would be a good primer for a plywood floor please..? i'm putting mapei water G on the walls, can i prime the ply with this also...? Do i prime just the underside and edges of the boards please, cheers. Its for a bathroom. ceramic tiles.
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    Plywood over floorboards

    Hi, i am going to do some tiling and upstairs on the floor there are flooboards. What size plywood do i need to put down to tile on? Thanks for the help guys. Regards Lee
    • mutley racers
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards over plywood usa
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiling onto existing ceramic floor tiles that were fixed with Bal-Flex onto plywood

    Hi Folks, i have a job to do for a builder who wants me to fix 600x300mm porcelain onto existing ceramic floor tiles that were fixed with Bal-Flex onto plywood, i have told him to remove exising floor but he says the floor is solid, the tiles are well fixed ( been down 10 years) and will be too...
    • The hammer
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    more questions about wbp plywood and backer boards...

    hy all Im nearly there with my info gathering. Do i have to buy the screws which are sold by topps tiles for the hardie boards? or is it ok to buy some stainless steel screws from elsewhere? Are the turbogold screws from screwfix stainless steel as it does not say on the website? will these...
    • John the tile
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    • boards plywood questions tile backerboard usa wbp
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Laying Marmox floor boards on plywood.....

    Hi guys ill be very soon Laying Marmox floor boards on plywood..... what size / type trowel would you recommend? and I assume a std powdered mapei flexible adhesive (keraflex) will do the job!? thanks Dave
    • davemul
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    • backerboard boards floor floor tiling laying marmox marmox backerboard plywood tile backerboard usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Warning about plywood shipped into Ireland.

    Thought this info might be useful for some members. TILEZINE: Warning on imported plywood
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    The dreaded 6mm plywood.

    Hi all, been really busy recently so not been on here posting for a while but have had the occasional look in and amazed at how big the forum has got! Anyway onto the subject, went to price a job last night, 112m2 of 600x600 polished porcelain. Went in the front door and to my horror the floor...
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