16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please !

[Andy Tiler]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

you type quicker than me luke..... :lol:

 

[2020Tiling]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

slc the whole floor then tile!!don't bother with ditra..... imo

Thanks ! but iam getting mixed views on this ? slc b4 ditra or after and slc ? or no ditra and slc only ? what is the correct method to ensure a 100% correct fix thanks!

 

[2020Tiling]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

we going to confuse Terry now :lol:

Iam totaly confused ?? Help!

 

[Tony73]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

seriously, slc then ditra. for me ditra every time on ply

 

[Andy Tiler]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

Iam totaly confused ?? Help!

Terry if the floor is uneven then using 600x600 tiles will be a nightmare!the floor needs to be flat!so screed the floor flat with fibreplan and tile it. as long as the floor is rigid and stable you will be fine.you don't need ditra!! imho sorry for confusing you

 

[Andy Tiler]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

this is confusing me know:yikes: luke get to bed!!!:lol:

 

[Tony73]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

I,ll tell you, 10 years ago i did hallway with 300x300 nero granite tiles straight on ply. after 7 years floor was still solid, not even tiny crack in grout. But now allways use ditra. So it's up to you how you want to do it

 

[Protilers]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

from a technical standpoint on the photos provided you should:

1. level the entire floor with a good quality SLC (fibre reinforced would be a preference for me!)
2. lay a decoupler across the entire area and then tile........

but because the area is sooooooo small i would lay a simple (inexpensive) crack iso membrane like "maptex" or "mapnet".... then screed with a good quality SLC and tile away...........(maptex is a fibreglass roll and mapnet is like underfloor heating without the wire!)

best wishes

Lee.

 

[bugs183]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

I've spoken to Bal and Schluter about this very issue and got two different answers, one said Ditra onto ply then level, the other said level on the ply then then Ditra.
In my opinion why level onto ply and then Ditra, if you need an uncoupling membrane because you are using ply then get the ditra in first.
This one is down to you matey, there are no fixed rules here!!

 

[DHTiling]

Re: 16mtr, 600 by 600 porcelain kitchen floor on ply ? advice please

When you say the ply floor isn't flat, how much is it out by..(+- mm )....?