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    What to use on wooden floorboards?

    Hi, can someone advise me as the best way to lay most types of floor tiles on wooden floorboards.I just think laying exterior marine ply of between 16 to 18mm adds to much height and heard layin 'no more ply' or hardy backer boards are a great substitute.Can you tile over ''no more ply boards'...
    • trainee tiler
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards usa what wooden
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Marble tiles on wooden floor

    Guy's Had a look at a job today, it's a ground floor bathroom, floor has been laid with 18mm ply on 6"x2" joists @ 200mm centres. they want to lay marble tiles, approx 300mm square. Because of any potential movement in the floor, would you recommend using a de-coupling mat, say Ditra for...
    • john raymond
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    • floor floor tiling marble tile tiles usa wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiles on wooden floor: moving and grout cracking

    Hi all. First post as I found this forum whilst searching for my problem. Had a builder round last March to "do" my 1st floor bathroom (move wall, plaster, paint, tile install new suite). The floor which floor boards was covered in 6mm marine ply, screwed every ft and flexible adhesive and...
    • pilsburypie
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    • crack cracking debonding floor floor tiling grout grout cracking tile tile grout tiles usa wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    tiling on a wooden floor

    hi fellas im about to tile my kitchen floor which i have prepared with 12mm wbp ply screwed at 300mm centres. I intend to use BAL SPF Adhesive but i have read on another forum that i should have primed the underside of the ply? Is this correct?
    • hairymary
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    • floor floor tiling tiling usa wooden wooden floor
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    unibond tiling on wooden floors

    Hi,has any one on here used "unibond tiling wooden floors as i will be tiling a bathroom floor and it has chipboard down ,I would normally fix ply first but saw this unibond tile on wood which says it can be laid on chipboard,I have phoned them and they say its ok using a pva primer! Anyone had...
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    priming wooden floor

    i am laying porcelain tiles using kerriquick and latex , i have boards screwed onto floorboards at 100m spaces, these are 12mm boards and are clean and dry, do i prime them and what with , i normally use pva , but have not used mapei before , please advise thanks...
    • gingergeordie
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    • floor floor tiling priming usa wooden wooden floor
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Hi. What about wooden bathroom floors

    If you are going to remove the 18mm chip floor and replace it with WBP ply, what thickness of ply do you need to use if you are going to tile the floor ???
    • John S
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    • bathroom floor floor tiling floors usa what wooden
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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    Tiling onto a wooden balcony

    Hi Guys/Gals, I have just been to look at a job, its a balcony off a bedroom. Its a timber structure and its the same timber as decking, the beams are about 120x100 on the floor, has anyone ever tiled one of these? I am thinking of movement issues etc, its about 9 mts in total and will be...
    • diamondtiling
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    • adhesive bal bal adhesive balcony building adhesives grout tiling usa wooden
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Wooden Floor

    Morning All I have just ben asked to fit an engineered wooden floor which is going down on a concrete base, The slab has water based underfloor heating. Do I need any special membrane or just a dpc ? Regards Gary
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    Please help with wooden flooring under tiles

    Hi guys, i need some advice from the pros! I'm re-doing my bathroom but not too sure which way to go with the flooring. The floorboards are in pretty bad shape and have warped a fair bit. Want to take them out and lay some plywood down instead. My question is; will 18mm WBP plywood screwed...
    • sachinj
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    • floor floor tiling flooring help please tile tiles under usa wooden
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tanking a wooden floor

    Hi All I have laid a 22 mm Plywood floor in my bathroom and now need to tank it. I have bought a Durabase WP membrane to do the job. I will be using Mapei Keraquick Adhesive to lay the membrane. My only question is do I need to treat the wooden surface on which I will be laying the Durabase...
    • cgadmin23
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    • floor floor tiling tank tanking usa waterproofing wetroom wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tiling on wooden floor boarsds/concrete floor

    Hello all, I am currently doing up my kitchen and the next job is tilling my floor. The problem is have is that half of my kitchen is floor boards, and the other half is concrete. There is a small ridge where the floor board and concrete meet which varies in height - slopping down towards...
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    En-Suite Tiling for the first time. Wooden Floors.

    Hi all Firstly I want to say what a great forum and the contributions from its members its fantastic. I've been reading and searching through a lot of forum posts lately (as well as Stickys) and I'm finding some confusing 'mixed' information on what I'm looking for. Apologies now if I'm asking...
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    wet ufh on suspended wooden floor

    i have intalled a wet ufh system to a new extension. battened out joists,layed down kingspan layed down ufh system ,covered with a 8 to 1 dry biscuit mix and the put 18mm wpb ply down. what do i do next? what prep work do i need to do? and most importantly what adhesive and grout do i use? i do...
    • philips
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    • floor floor tiling suspended ufh usa wet wet ufh wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    UNIBOND Tiling on wooden Floors

    I think this might open a can of worms but hey..... what the heck! I am almost ready to tile my en-suite bathroom (Porcelain tiles onto 18mm WBP plywood).I willl be using Bal Fastlex with all the appropriate preparatory work on the floor. Now the can of worms.....I have been informed that...
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    travertine tiles wooden floor

    hi I need help please I have had my son tile my b athroom floor he lined the floor with hard board on top of marine ply floor. he used agrout that i now know was out of date (didnt know it went out of date ) it was sold to me out of date and the tiles are lifting and the gout cracking. I...
    • toti
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    • floor floor tiling tile tiles travertine usa wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Damproof mat onto wooden floors

    Hello everybody! When tiling onto a wooden floor (floorboards/chipboard etc)with a damproof mat (Schluter/Homelux etc), I've been laying the mats onto WBP ply 12mm or 20mm as well. Can you just lay tiles onto a damproof mat without the ply because it stabilises the floor enough together with...
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    Wooden Floor height

    Need to over board usually use ply, but putting ufh then some latex slc and on top that of that Ditra, will I be better using a backer board instead of ply to keep the height down, will it be strong enough and whats reccomended.
    • bathroomboy
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    • floor floor height floor tiling usa wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Flex adhesive on wooden floor

    Hi, My 1st post, here goes.... Have been tiling for 2 years now but come across a problem today that has never happened before. Am tiling onto a wooden chipboard floor that that has been overboarded with ply and primed. I have used a single part PALACE rapid set flex adhesive as movement...
    • PJS Sully
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    • adhesive flex floor floor tiling tile adhesive usa wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    wooden floor problem

    I have recently tiled a new wooden floor spec as follows new joists set at 300mm centres then over boarded with 18mm wpb ply fixed with 50mm screws every 200mm. The tile is 450 sq ceramic supplied by Topps, I used their rapid set flexi adhesive spread with a 10mm notched trowel, advised by them...
    • marty13
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    • floor floor tiling problem usa wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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