15 reasons not to choose Hardy board ?

[thompsonbrown]

Having read quite a lot of posts lately on people using hardy and thinking its great, I cannot get my head around it.
Apart from a wood burning stove & surround i fitted years ago, I am struggling to come up with reasons to ever use it again. Being a big Marmox fan am I just being bios.

Here is a list of things where Marmox is superior

Marmox is Waterproof,
Marmox can be used on concreate floors,
Marmox can hold double the tile weight in showers
Marmox can be dot and dab onto uneven walls,
Marmox has better insulation properties,
Marmox is cheaper,
Marmox is easier to cut,
Marmox is lighter,
Marmox Can be curved,
Marmox has better sound reduction on floors & walls
Marmox does not require a vapour shield when used on bathroom walls
Marmox has better flexural strength,
Marmox Has better temp variations,
Marmox can be used outside,
Marmox sounds better than James Hardy,

So unless I have a kitchen splashback with £100kg m2 tiles, I think I will give Hardy a Miss.

Vid on Hardy board when it gets wet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hlRga2z6Uk

 

[Chalker]

With you on this one matey.
flexural? Is that a real word? When going over a ply substrate I use adhesive and fixings, what about you?

 

[thompsonbrown]

With you on this one matey.
flexural? Is that a real word? When going over a ply substrate I use adhesive and fixings, what about you?

Sort of got carried away at the end a bit. But Flexural is a word in the dictonary is says Flexural :known as modulus of rupture, bend strength, or fracture strength, a mechanical parameter ofset for brittle material, EG. Hardy

 

[Ajax123]

Really not sure about some of these claims but as you are clearly biased I will not argue...

 

[Chalker]

Sort of got carried away at the end a bit. But Flexural is a word in the dictonary is says Flexural :known as modulus of rupture, bend strength, or fracture strength, a mechanical parameter ofset for brittle material, EG. Hardy

You know some sh4t mate.

 

[thompsonbrown]

Really not sure about some of these claims but as you are clearly biased I will not argue...

Any in paticular matey.

 

[White Room]

The weight is one issue, Hardie claim the product can support 100kg....

 

[Ajax123]

Flexural strength is another... Marmox says it has a flexural of 2.05mpa whereas hardi has a flexural of 2100psi which converts to 3.04 mpa

 

[thompsonbrown]

The weight is one issue, Hardie claim the product can support 100kg....

I thought that might catch some one didnt thing it would be you Whitebeam.
Your right hardy can take upto 100kgm2 However when using hardy in a shower the board has to be fully tanked. As most tanking kits have a 32kg m2 weight limit, this has to be the max weight a hardy board tanked with bal wp1 for example, could take and with Marmox comming in at around 62kg m2 it just about is double. Infact: Reason No 16 Hardy is only as good as plasterboard in wetrooms.:lol:

 

[thompsonbrown]

Flexural strength is another... Marmox says it has a flexural of 2.05mpa whereas hardi has a flexural of 2100psi which converts to 3.04 mpa

That 1 I will have to give you
when reading that I sort of got mixed up with flexibility. OK change that fact for Hardy can not be glued down to a wooden floor because of its rigidity.

 

[White Room]

I thought that might catch some one didnt thing it would be you Whitebeam.
Your right hardy can take upto 100kgm2 However when using hardy in a shower the board has to be fully tanked. As most tanking kits have a 32kg m2 weight limit, this has to be the max weight a hardy board tanked with bal wp1 for example, could take and with Marmox comming in at around 62kg m2 it just about is double. Infact: Reason No 16 Hardy is only as good as plasterboard in wetrooms.:lol:

Thank you for the kind wordsrrr:

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Thank you for the kind wordsrrr:

I thought that too Mark,,,cheeky bugger ha ha!

 

[widler]

I like hardi used it for a few years now , good stuff.

 

[widler]

I thought you could use hardy on wood floors? i tbought you could use hardy on concrete floors?
I thought you could use hardy dot and dabbing ( with addy ) ?

Well FFS can you and if not why
Ps oh and in the video hardi didn't get wet ,it got soaked,looked like it had been in submerged in water for months and months,that one was down to obvious fixer error.
(Although there's been a piece of hardi in water in my local TP for the last few years and looks brand new,could the video be inferior stuff ?)
I'm not saying it's better than marmax or whatever just don't think it's a load of crap

 

[prceramics]

i would change if i had a local stockist hardy is good stuff but really bad for your health and awkward to cut