All tiles have not stuck

[brian c]

its really up to the person paying for it then SUPERALLY.Dont see any reason why you cant ply out with 22mm ply and add extra noggings,then imo there is no need for backerboards(extra expense)

 

[Tunni]

For what it's worth, I've used 6mm ply in my own home. I'm not a pro tiler but a very experienced carpenter. (in fact good on you guys I bloody hate tiling..only slightly less than grouting mind!! LOL!) I have tiled onto 6mm ply using flexible ready mix adhesive (can't remember which one - but it sets with an almost rubber like consistency. Never had a problem with the tiles and they have been down 15 years.

Regarding this ready mixed stuff vs bag gear, I did have some 'pro' tilers do a job for me once using bag adhesive on a wood floor. They said it was flexible and had used an additive. I harboured a concern when finding an overspill of set adhesive and tested it's 'flex' ..It snapped like glass.

I ended up ripping out the whole lot a year or so later as some tiles had cracked and others came loose. Absolutle nightmare of a job. Ended up doing it myself with the tub gear (had to lay a new wood floor as well -and had no problems since)

I still worry about the 'flexible' bag stuff for use on wood floors as I'm doing my own wet room now and will be using the stuff as all you pros reccommend it! (As a precaution I'm gonna use ditra matting)

Tunni

 

[beanz]

Double post, sorry.

 

[beanz]

(had to lay a new wood floor as well -and had no problems since)

Could it be that the original floor was to blame for the cracked tiles (ie.deflection), not the addy?

 

[Dan]

Just bumping some of the older popular (sometimes not so popular) threads. Probably wont be current discussion these days but I just need to do it. So just ignore the thread if it's not current for you.