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    Can I lay STS backer boards over 6mm plywood?

    Hi everyone. DIYer here looking for some advice. Am tiling a bathroom floor and currently there is existing 6mm plywood well screwed into the floorboards. The floor itself (2.2m x 2.3m) is solid and there is no give in it. However, after reading through these forums, I am aware that I...
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    tile backer on top of dot and dabbed plasterboard ?

    Hi all. I'm looking for advice regarding the tile becker fitted on the plasterboard. It's about load capacity. How to increase the one on the plasterboard? Is it feasible without removing the plasterboard?? At the beginning of the job the customer wanted to go for 100x300 tiles so we've...
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    Decouple / backer boards

    So I have successfully done tiling before, but not over old floorboards on an upper floor. There are two areas and two bathrooms to do. One is new build and has standard new board flooring, the other has thin wooden T&G boards. Previously on new large board floors I used No More Ply, but one...
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    6mm or 12mm backer board?

    Hello I need to rip out and refit my bathroom, including retiling a bath area which will have a shower over it. I am planning to use Jackoboard for these wet areas. I am yet to see the condition of the wall below the existing tiles but am unsure as to whether I should take it back to brick and...
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    Can you backer board over standard toungue and groove floor boards?

    Hi all, please bare with me as I am a plasterer by trade but quite handy round the house. I want to tile my hallway with some new slick white tiles and follow straight through into the kitchen. Now I have done this many years ago at my old place with ply wood base but have never used these...
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    Thoughts on insulated backer boards?

    Hi All, First time post here after reading about lots of different options for my kitchen floor refurb. I want to add electric underfloor heating in the kitchen, but as it's a 70s uninsulated concrete slab I don't want to spending lots of cash to heat up the worms. I'm tending towards...
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    Backer board joint sealing

    Looking at using a backer board like jacko, wedi, kerdi, etc and im not sure on whats the most suitable way to seal the banding tape for the joints, washers etc. Some posts ive read people just use a SPF addy to bed the tape onto. Then theres full on sealing kits like this...
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    Light weight backer board

    I need to overboard an 1800 wide paramount plasterboard wall that only has studs at 900 centres. (one at each and and one in the middle running vertically) part of the wall will be in a shower cubicle so needs good waterproofing i think hardi or even aquapanel might be a bit too heavy and...
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    • backer board board light tile backerboard weight
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    • Forum: Tiling Standards
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    Tile backer on to plasterboard

    The walls behind my old shower cubicle revealed a fair amount of water damage after i removed the wall tiles and the damaged wall. It turns out that the wall is three boards sandwiched together with screws and some sort of foam adhesive I want to overboard the remaining good boards wall with a...
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    Tiling exterior concrete floor - which backer board to use?

    Installing tiles 400x600 over an exposed exterior cement screed - it has 20mm fall over 2300mm length away from house (5750mm width) but there might be little pits and bumps of a couple mm or so. Tiling directly on the screed seems risky to say the least outside with temperature fluctuations and...
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    Can I Replace Plasterboard with Tile backer board (Build regs compliance)?

    We have a dormer constructed, passed by building control, but they have obviously just plasterboarded everywhere, can I remove this from the ensuite walls (external ie dorma walls which are timber stud construction filled and covered with kingspan) and replace with foam tile backer boards of...
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    Ultra Tile Backer Boards?? Similar to marmox

    Now back to bare house brick and they not level, tiling a bathroom, shower over bath, was planning on using Marmox boards 12.5mm but tiling centre said Ultra tile backer boards same principle but cheaper, and have them in stock, Was planning on dot dabbing marmox boards with flexible cement...
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    Tile backer boards needing tanked and makes of boards

    Trying to Get bathroom re tiled, had conflicting advice from a few tilers, I’m a total novice but like to read up on what is correct procedure. Cos I’m a female i think some tilers can just spin me a line regarding tiling😀 anyway the existing tiles once taken off I aim to do that myself, I...
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    Tiling Wetroom on Tileback board

    Hi I'm attempting my second tiling DIY tiling job and could do with some tips and ideas as this will be on tilback board. (Still some taping to finish off). I have 3 types of tiles (All with a grey'ish colour) 90 x 90 porcelain for floor 60 x 30 porcelain for vertical wall 30 x 30 mosiac for...
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    • board porcelain tile tile backerboard tiling wet room installation wetroom
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    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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    primer on backer board

    hi all going to use cement backer boards my question is do i primer both sides? im fixing using tlie adesive and screws to wall thanks george
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    backer board joins

    hi all when using 6mm cement backer boards on a wall do i have to use tape on the joints or just skim them with tile adesive i will be tanking anyway? thanks george
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    Thinnest backer board? 3mm ply?

    Hi, I'm looking for a super-thin backer board, in order to tile a stud wall on both sides and have one tile (60mm wide) on each end. Haven't found anything less than 6mm, so I'm wondering whether I have to go with 3mm ply (not a recommended substrate I know) The stud wall is only 600mm long...
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    Waterproof floor build-up over cement backer boards

    Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice on final floor buildup. We're installing a shower tray onto ply (with grab addy), it's 1700x800mm so should perform as a wetroom, closed on all sides apart from a bit at the end of one side to get in and out. So my question is about the rest of the...
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    • boards build-up canada cement floor over tile backerboard under floor heating waterproof waterproofing
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Impey former and backer board installation

    I'm doing a wet room and I am just about to lay the Impey aqua dec linear 2 shower former and attach tile backer boards to the stud wall. I feel that I should put the former down first, butted right up to the studs in the stud wall then install the backer boards so they hang over the lip of the...
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    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
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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