best surface to tile onto in a bathroom

[John the tile]

hey peeps.

wats the best surface a tiler prefers to tile onto if they had a choice in a bathroom, and whats a no-no.

ta

 

[grumpygrouter]

anything flat............

 

[DHTiling]

Sand/cement render..... (flat).....no no's....browing/mdf/hardboard etc etc...

 

[doug boardley]

exactly the same as Dave above!!

 

[BDS]

I`m with dave and doug,render

 

[White Room]

Render if you can, dry linning second

 

[Perry]

In this order render backerboard plasterboard never timber thats a no no ete

 

[oldgit]

as above and same order

 

[david campbell]

ditto above,as long as it's flat also!

 

[peterhouse]

im tiling my upstairs bathroom ,that has floor boards ,i was going to use hardboard,now im wandering what i should use, after above comments,any advice please?

 

[faithhealer]

Hi Pete
Marine quality plywood used to be the tilers choice, 18mm preferably but 12mm well fastened down. now theres a swing towards 'backerboard' which, at 6mm (if boards are well secured) deals with height issues.