bathroom floor.

[Mr Tiler]

so ive taken up majority of the tiles today and started chipping away the adhesive... some of the ply was coming up with the adhesive and I have noticed that there seems to be a thin layer of ply over other ply... I cant get my head around it as you can see there are square pieces of wood over the joists but these lines were not visible until I chipped away this thin layer of ply which was no more than 3mm thick and seemed to be completely glued to the underfloor but why would there be joints im confused and my knowledge has hit its limit on this lol.

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[Mr Tiler]

nah its not thin mate there seemed to be a really thin layer on top as when it was coming up with the adhesive I noticed theres joints underneath the thin stuff but I cant explain it its like someone glued thin ply on top of the original ply that was down as its not nailed or pinned its just stuck fully to the underfloor.

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sorry if you don't get what im sayin I cant explain it propperly

 

[widler]

It's not thin ply,it's the ply just delaminating from the ply.ply is not a solid piece of wood,it's thin veneer stuck together to make one sheet

 

[Andy Allen]

as above, it sounds like your just pulling the top layer of ply off.......to do the job right you need to replace the ply...

 

[Mr Tiler]

as above, it sounds like your just pulling the top layer of ply off.......to do the job right you need to replace the ply...

alrite chaps yeh I know ply is basically layers stuck to one another but once the top layer came away there is joints in the wood and these joints were not visible before the top layer came off. now im getting worried as I wnt to get it done and am thinkin myself that I need to change the ply but havnt got the money to get a plumber in to remove my bath for me

 

[Marksmithtiling]

Plan for the worst ,hope for the best !

 

[Colour Republic]

Are you SURE that ply isn't butted up to the batten that runs along the bath. It certainly looks like it.

 

[Andy Tiler]

alrite chaps yeh I know ply is basically layers stuck to one another but once the top layer came away there is joints in the wood and these joints were not visible before the top layer came off. now im getting worried as I wnt to get it done and am thinkin myself that I need to change the ply but havnt got the money to get a plumber in to remove my bath for me

You need the rite tools for the job!!I would cut along that battern with an exact saw or Fein and get rid of that ply !but make sure you know the thickness of the ply and check for pipes??do it once do it rite

 

[Mr Tiler]

Are you SURE that ply isn't butted up to the batten that runs along the bath. It certainly looks like it.

no mate it runs under the bath and also into the boiler cupboard next door.... I deffinately should of planned for this just dived in head first me thinks lol.

 

[Mr Tiler]

You need the rite tools for the job!!I would cut along that battern with an exact saw or Fein and get rid of that ply !but make sure you know the thickness of the ply and check for pipes??do it once do it rite 

thats the case exactly mate... lack of knowledge of tools! I knew there would be some sort of tool out there to do that thats why I asked in a previous post cheers andy

 

[Martino]

joists under the ply?...must be 18mm?...hard to see from picture. let us no how you get on mate!