Advice On Bathroom Prep.

[Cabnero]

Hi guys I was hoping to get some advice on prepping my mum's bathroom for tiling. The floor is floorboards covered in vinyl tile but as there is going to be moving of pipework most of this had to come up so was going to replace it with 18mm wbp ply primed underneath and edges. Although only a small area wanted to use a leveling system out of curiosity. Floor tiles are 60 x 60 porcelain and wall tiles are 60 x 30. Wanted to match the grout lines on the floor and walls. Do the clips in the leveling systems act as spacers in which case I would need to use this for the walls also?

The walls are half tiled and half I think rendered with a very bubbly finish which had been painted. Almost like artex. I was going to dot and dab plaster board the tank. I was also curious about using 10mm marmox. Would this be OK. One of the walls is external. Are there any considerations for this.

Many thanks for your help

 

[Spare Tool]

Can't really set out the horizontal line for you without knowing what every measurement in the room is, vertically on the window wall its nice to centre the window but that wont work so id be looking at something like this..

 

[Cabnero]

Cheers Andy that's really kind. I was wondering whether to brick bond on the right of the window but would probably be to busy looking. Many thanks again. I'll stick some pictures up when is done.

 

[Spare Tool]

When you get to the corners of your wall try and make it look like a tile bent round the corner..ie. Half tile flowing round to meet another half tile..ish 🙂
Good luck..

 

[Cabnero]

Hi again chaps further to the previous advice a quick question re the floor. At the moment there are vinyl covered floorboards. These are going to come up and i'll nog out everything then screw 18mm wbp ply sealed underneath and sides. however there will be a couple of joints between the boards and the shower tray i 35 mm high and is one of those that sit directly onto the joists.

tiles are 60 x 60 porcelain floor area is small only 2.5 approx once the tray is in My questions are :

1) Is a 2 mm joint between boards ok
2) was thinking of using ditra but not sure if there is enough height available once the ply is down: i.e 35mm tray, less 18mm ply = 17mm. 10mm tile thickness, (approx got to double check) leaves 7mm. tile adhesive goes down to approx 5mm leaving only 2mm. Is this enough for ditra plus adhesive without taking the tiles over the top of the tray? If not can I tile straight onto ply if the floor is nice and solid (which it will be!) i also so a product called mapetex which is thinner. Would this be suitable? You have to use a 2 part addy with this. would that be ok to use to lay the tile.

Many Thanks

Ernie

 

[Cabnero]

Sorry fellas but are you able to help me with this? Double checked the flight tiles they are 8mm thick. Thanks

 

[Ollie02948]

Are you wanting tiles to finish flush with top of the tray?

 

[Cabnero]

Hi Ollie. Thanks for answering. Originally I just wanted to loose as much of the tray as I could. I guess it may look better if they did finish flush but as long as they don't go over the top of the tray I'll be happy. I will bow to your knowledge though. Thanks.

 

[Spare Tool]

Can the tray not sit on the ply, problem solved

 

[Ollie02948]

If your wanting it to finish flush you would have to build a base in the sub floor same size as tray to make it flush.

 

[Cabnero]

Wow talk about not setting the wood for the tress! I didn't even consider sitting the tray on top. I was just thinking about it on the joists. I cab speak my mum about that. If we go down this road can i ask, you guys would always either overboard the ply or use ditra. You would rarely if ever tile directly on to the ply as a rule.

Ollie thanks for you're answer but can you clarify what you mean about the base. I put in an impey aqua Dec in at home a few years back and I plyed in between the joists. Is that what you mean? If so then I need to worry about the heights with the tile plus ditra.

Thanks again foryour continted assistance