Floating floor to concrete

[d.bott]

Need some advice please,

We have just knocked down kitchen wall to open up through dining room.We will be tiling throughout.The problem is that the dining floor is a floating floor,chipboard on insulation and the kitchen floor is concrete.The concrete floor is 10mm lower than the floating floor,what would be best to raise the kitchen floor and then bridge the joint of the two floors.The tiles are 600x600 porcelain

Thanks

 

[Ajax123]

It would be best to take up the floating floor an screed it up to the level of the concrete floor the put a tile joint between the two when you tile

 

[Andy Allen]

same as ajax, wouldn't want to be tiling a floating floor....very unstable..

 

[d.bott]

Thanks for advice,

The tiler is thinking of using ply over floating floor,is this a good idea?
Is there any other options apart from re screeding

 

[Ajax123]

Thanks for advice,

The tiler is thinking of using ply over floating floor,is this a good idea?
Is there any other options apart from re screeding

Not if you want it to last...

 

[andyb1]

It will still be floating, just with ply on it, no point!

 

[widler]

Could you not put fixings through to the (im presuming) concrete or bison beam underfloor then cement board ? Im sure ive seen that said on here before , i could be wrong 🙂

 

[Time's Ran Out]

If the 'tiler' wants to put plywood on the floating floor it's gong to be 25mm above the concrete floor!
As per Ajax - take up the floating floor and screed in at the reduced concrete height!
Every job is different but why do you question your 'Tilers' choice?

 

[d.bott]

The reason I'm not sure is, I've seen it mentioned on here not to tile over floating floor.
Would ply be ok or would it be best to use matting

 

[Martyn Leeds]

I think the advice is to not tile the floating floor.
Lots of previous threads on the subject on here. No doubt you've had a browse..

Do we have any sizes??
is it just a couple of m2 and you're prepared to take the risk? or is it a 50m jobby that would obviously be very costly when it fails.

Putting ply on top of a floating floor means its still a floating floor, with ply on it.