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    Ditra under timber?

    About to start on a contract, which is roughly half timber and then leads onto stone. The client has just asked if we can ditra the timber areas as well, this really is to get over the diff that could come from the levels. The substrate is new screed, I cant forsee any reason why the ditra could...
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    Fixing 12.5 plasterboard to 25mm timber battens.

    I am building out one wall of the bathroom using 38 x 25mm battens and fixing plasterboard (aquapanel in shower area). I intend to fix the battens at 300mm centres with Spax single thread wood screws 4.5 x 70mm and rawlplugs. Substrate is 12mm render over brick. Any thoughts? The fixing of the...
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    ply or tilebacker over timber floorboards?

    Hi guys, Im pricing a tasty lookin job but am in two minds wether to ply or tilebacker directly over the existing floorboards. Am I Ok with fixing either product straight to the floor boards. How would you go about preperation before tiling in this situation? Also there is a small area which is...
    • Buffalo Tiler
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards over ply timber usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    tiling on timber worktops

    Hello tilers, i have a question which i hope someone will be able to help with, i have tiled some kitchen splashbacks which sit on top of solid oak worktops the client told me these had been sealed 3 times with danish oil before fitting, once grouted using standard white bal wall grout and wiped...
    • ellmas
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    • job jobs tiling tiling jobs tiling work timber usa work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Newbe tiling suspended timber floor with UFH

    Hi What a great site. I'm very close to ordering travatine tiles, adhesive and grout for the ground floor of a 1930's brick semi. We are tiling most of the ground floor except the small kitchen which is a concrete screed. The suspended floor has been taken back to the joists and made...
    • cameraman
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    • floor floor tiling suspended tiling timber ufh usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Kitchen Timber Floor Prep work

    hi there I am about to start my first floor tiling job on timber and have been reading through the site for hints and tips. The only floors i have done up to now are concrete. From advice I have been given, i had planned to do the following. - Kitchen is all floorboards, so I am going to...
    • GlennM
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    • bathroom floor floor prep floor tiling job jobs kitchen prep tiling jobs tiling work timber usa work
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiling on Timber Floor

    Hi Tiling Guru's Some advice if anyone has a few moments... My house is 10 years old and I have an Entrance Hall measuring 3.9 x 3 and a WC off of this measuring 2.1 x 1.1 have purchased 15m2 of 330mm square ceramic Tiles. The floor in this area is 20mm ply on Timber joists (i believe) and...
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    Old timber floors

    Hi folks and thank you for the welcome to this brill forum. We are 2 girls part way through our house renovation and need lots of advice on tiling the bathroom. The walls are part new plaster and part paint.......I believe we need to leave 4weeks drying time for plaster then sand and prime and...
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    BAL adhesive with Impey Tilesafe on timber

    I'd appreciate a bit of advice please. I'm installing a first floor wetroom using an aquadec and Impey tilesafe membrane. I stiffened the entire floor area with 18mm ply (not just under the aquadec) which was screwed and glued to 4x2 timbers which were screwed and glued along each side of the...
    • BlueNile
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    • adhesive bal bal adhesive building adhesives grout tile adhesive timber usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiling straight on timber or fix layer of ply?

    I have outcove for shower but Screen is a bit less wide than the opening. I need to fix timber (not sure of size yet) on one side to get required width.:mad2: It will be all tiled but I am not sure if I can tile straigth on this timber after Good coat of PVA or if I should screw on it plywood...
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    Bathroom timber frame - water damage

    After ripping the old plasterboard down in the bathroom, I have noticed quite a couple of the 2x2 timber batons are water damaged and starting to crack. I have added several reinforcing bits of 2x2 (sawn treated rough timber) and this has strengthed it up. I am screwing 12mm hardibacker onto...
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    HELP Tiling over timber floor

    Hi Guys I recently posted about the need to use ditra matting when tiling over a timber joist and floorboards. So apologies but your answers talked about deflection I dont know what this means yet and need a definitive answer as well as giving you the full picture. I boarded 12mm over...
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    Tiling on Timber Floor 1st Level

    Hi there I did a job recently where I plyed out with 12mm marine ply then tiled. Customer has had a second opinion from a firm which they suggest I should have installed ditra matting they reckon the floor will crack over time. Is this correct? Tiles are porcelain. Any advise appreciated. Howard
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    Movement joints on a 18m2 timber floor??

    hey up guys, ive got a 18m2 floor to do, its timber floor and im plying it with 15mm WBP (or would you use 18mm?), the tiles being used are just glazed ceramic 300x300x8, would you guys recommened puttin a movement joint in the floor? Cheers
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    timber floor onto asphalt????

    HI all, just been asked to quote for a job tiling a timber kitchen floor currently has vinyl tiles on, however the kithen runs into a new(ish) extension which has asphalt floor at slightly higher level than existing timber floor. the customer has asked for both surfaces to be tiles as one and...
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    Preparing bath timber frame for tiling

    Hello (1st post!) I'm in the process of redoing my bathroom, and decided I'd like to have a tiled bath panel. The problem is - there is already a 2x2 timber frame there, which leaves less than 1cm between it and the edge of the bath. Previously there was a thin sheet of mdf as a bath panel. I...
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    Half concrete half timber! need opinion on how to finish

    I have been asked to price for a job which is half concrete floor and half timber. I was thinking of 2 options 1) 18mm ply over the timber floor and then use a latex leveller over the concrete floor to bring it up to same height as the ply. Using a expansion strip in tile work where the two...
    • tilelover
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    • concrete how how to tile opinion tiling guide timber usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    100w/m2 or more for timber floor?

    Hi, I've been hearing and reading mixed views on the wattage of UFH to use on my bathroom floor, (joists + 22mm floor boards) I thought 100w/m2 was max for this, but i've been told 150 or even 200w/m2 can be done, which will also heat the room nicely. Any ideas? Cheers, Wilfredo
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    raised timber floor

    what would you guys recommend to use on a raised timber floor before tiling. last year when i first started i didnt use anything and very soon after the grout cracked and i was called back to repair it..over and over again. now have a 25m2 kitchen to do. the floor boards are raised on joists...
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    My first bathroom floor onto timber, help pls

    Hi all. I'd like some advice on boarding out a bathroom floor pls. I have a floor that has lino ontop of chipboard floor,which is onto the existing floorboards. The customer wants me to tile 300x300 tiles onto the floor, but as soon as i walked into the bathroom the floor felt all spongey. All...
    • Matthew77
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    • bathroom first floor floor tiling help timber usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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