Floor prep

[george792]

Hi all I have a bathroom to do and a small floor area less than 2m2 the floor is joist with 18 mm ply on top, I cannot feel any deflection, my question is would you tile straight onto this small area with a flexible adhesive or overboard it ? Thanks in advance fir any advice

 

[Ian]

If it's deflection free I'd still overboard it with 6mm hardie, simply for a better surface to tile to. What tiles are you fitting?

Edit, fix the hardie with flex adhesive and screw every 200mm. Apologies if you already know this!

 

[DHTiling]

I'm with Bri.. hardibacker 250 for me 100% of the time..

 

[george792]

Thanks for quick replies, tiles are ceramic

 

[Ian]

Stick and screw 6mm hardie then tile. Don't forget the expansion gaps between the boards and tape the joints (not that there will be many joints on a 2m floor!)

 

[White Room]

Hardie for me also.

 

[doug boardley]

...and me

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I've got shares in Hardie tile backer boards as well!

 

[jay]

same here Timeless quite a few shares

 

[russ1980]

i agree with the above.Just done a similar floor myself and i love the stuff.When i first started tiling i was told 6mm ply is more than enough but i know better now,thats what happens when you listen to so called tilers/bathroom fitters.The best advice i've recieved on all areas of tiling so far has come from this site.So thanks everyone,