Exceeding substrate weight limits.

[gamma38]

I have to admire your inflexibility but in my humble opinion it is OTT hardi backer has been tested and it will hold four ton but they set a limit of 100kg so with your inflexibility if the tile come in at 101kg you have to walk away.

I am not quite that inflexible but not far off. Everybody knows what you can do and what you can get away with and personal judgement etc but i just made a conscious decision to have a cut off point and that's mine nowadays. It just gives me an easy line to work with if i'm doing a rip out and don't know what's behind the current tiles, i quote the numbers to the customer and they either accept them or not before i even get the job ,

 

[gamma38]

Ok ok.. let's say the weight was 20.5 kg ... would you tile it ? .. 🙂

20.125789665533kg and i would leap at it :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

20.125789665533kg and i would leap at it :lol:

Ah , so you would exceed .. Told ya :lol:

 

[AliGage]

🙂🙂🙂🙂:beer::beer::beer:🙂

 

[gamma38]

Ah , so you would exceed .. Told ya :lol:

only on a day ending in y though:lol:

 

[charlie1]

:cool2:My tiled walls are so bullet proof, I have joiners calling me to ask if my tiles will take the weight of there plasterboard!!

 

[DHTiling]

only on a day ending in y though:lol:

I'm ok then..

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
Sun ...

No Y there 🙂

 

[mattle40]

20.125789665533kg and i would leap at it :lol:

I wouldn't leap at it, being that far over the limits, the slightest knock could have it all off! ☺

 

[John Benton]

It's all about risk assessment surely.

The spare tyre on my car says it should be run at no more than 50mph. If I do 55mph is it likely to burst. I don't know the answer. Mine may not, but my mates tyre could and cause an accident.

Will the plaster hold 22kg? Well it might do in this house but it won't in another!!

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

they wont even let me join.......you are.......well you can imagine......hehhehehheee

dont worry lee i have asked them loads of times to let tilers come to there meeting to put there opions forward what would we want from a tile asosaion but they just dont care what we think or want with only 90 tile fixer out of 60000 i think there missing out