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    Priming plywood??

    Hi all, I'll be tiling a bathroom floor tomorrow, there is already ply down so plan on tiling straight on this. The customer has gone and bought some tops 'trade' adhesive even though I told them I would get the adhesive! Is there any need to prime the ply, it has had carpet on it before I...
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    Wetroom Floor Plywood Floor

    Morning all, First query on this forum, so here goes! Renovating my own property at the moment and have finally reached the time of thinking about the bathrooms. Have decided to go for wetrooms in both an ensuite and main bathroom, and have gone down the aquadec route, both rooms using...
    • Sim101
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    • floor plywood tanking usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Stone tiles not sticking to plywood floor

    We have put plyboard down over wooden floor boards and have stone travertine tiles. We have bought Uni bond powder adhesive which we mixed with unibond flexi additive, as per the instructions and applied to the tile. We have laid the tiles and about half have not stuck to the floor, help?! The...
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    plywood floor

    Is it ok to tile onto 6mm ply which has been screwed down onto 18mm ply. Or should the 6mm ply be put down first and then the 18mm board?
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    plywood floor

    Measured up a 37m kitchen floor today, I intend to put ditra down, and then opus pattern trav tiles. The builder is going to replace the old floorboards with 25mm ply (not marine ply though) will this be alright as its a kitchen. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks
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    Strange Plywood ?!?!

    Got these for free this morning, would they be ok to tile on ?(floor) theyhave some sort of coating on them (guessing they are site boards to walk on). Or should I prize off that layer ? Heres a couple of pics -
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    Backing board or Plywood

    Hi, I know there are many threads on this but my question is slightly different. I am currently tiling a small en-suite, previous flooring was vinyl. This has been lifted and vinyl adhesive is stuck to the floor and in parts still sticky, there are a few bits of the chipboard underneath...
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    Plywood

    Quick question guy's If you are constructing walls to make a shower area, would or should you use marine ply as opposed to standard ply. I know there are other materials such as the backer board available, but if ply is going to be used, what would you go for, or advise a customer? Over to...
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    Wet UFH - Straight onto screed or plywood?

    Hello all, Can't quite believe my luck that I've stumbled across this forum as I'm looking for a professional tiler in the East London/Essex area. :hurray: I have a question before I get a tiler in though. I am laying UFH in the ground floor of my house, in some areas it will be on a...
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    sticking plywood to screed

    anyone recommend best produst to fix 18 mm plywood on to screed. Would rather stick than scew and plug or fix with tube grip fill or similar. i have heard that there is a flexible adhesive that be used with notch trowel to get good coverage. Have found laybond L 19 which doeas job exactly right...
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    Hardiebacker board over plywood floor

    I am currently redoing my bathroom and have ripped out the old flooring due to water damage. I have now replaced all the previous chipboard flooring with 18mm WBP plywood. (I had hoped to install thicker but due to floor levels and the floor had to go under an existing partition wall). My...
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    tiling on plywood

    i have used plywood to box in behind my toilet what primer is best to use before tiling
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    Fixing plywood overlay

    Anyone have any experience/views on fixing 4/6mm plywoood overlay prior to tiling where levels have needed to be built up. I have been screwing down to original timber floors but have a couple of big jobs coming up and have thought about possibly stapling as an option. Just wondering if anyone...
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    Hardie Backer Board Or Plywood Substrate

    I am in the process of doing my bathroom. (Actually I have been since February but that's another story :oops:). I have bought marble floor tiles and the plan was to lay these on a plywood base. The floorboards currently in the bathroom are of the 18mm chipboard variety but unfortunately a...
    • DazJWood
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    • backer board board hardie plywood substrate tile backerboard usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Plywood floor, tile gap

    I have laid plywood and left a small gap around edge. Once tiles are laid there are certain areas where skirting will sit over it and there are other parts where units will sit over it. But there will be small gaps. As there are air bricks in the outside wall, what do i use to seal up the...
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    Tiles on plywood in shower area?

    Hi everyone, I urgently need some advice, I am not a tiler or in a building trade at all, but I am a bit worried re the job that is about to be done in my shower. It's a 100 year old building, the workmen just took the old tiles off in the shower and the wall underneath is completely soaked...
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    Mapei Adhesive for Plywood Floor

    Hi, just about to start tiling a 2 sq.m plywood floor with ceramic tiles. 18mm Plywood floor directly onto braced joists, screwed at 250mm centres. Just finished tiling the walls using Mapei Keraflex and like the product and would like to use something similar for the floor tiles. Is the Mapei...
    • Hellfire
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    • adhesive floor grout mapei mapei adhesive mapei grout plywood tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Plywood or self levelling prior to tiling a large window sill

    I want to tile a large window sill, about 450mm deep and 7m long. Previously it was covered with veneered chipboard but after 25 years the sun plus moisture from watering plants and condensation from the windows above did for it. The wall underneath is uneven brick with some wood inserts...
    • Noreng
    • Thread
    • compound large levelling mixing plywood self self levelling tiling usa window
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    plywood floor

    hi guys, im a competent diy er and amd doing a new project i could do with some advice on. i have tiled onto concrete floors before but i am in the process of doing my bathroom floor, this will be having 18mm wbp plywood fix down onto the joists at 200mm centres, i see i have to seal the back...
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    most suitable adhesive for plywood floor

    just picked a job up in a that consists of a bathroom wall and floors to be tiled, floor consisting of 2m tiles to go on plywood what would be the best adhesive to use?

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