Hello from Supercoley1 new member

[Supercoley1]

Hello

Been browsing for a few weeks due to a new project (bathroom) and have found the site quite useful so I thought I would register and share the 'experience' with you.

I'm Andy from Lincoln UK and live in a 1940s council house (social housing) which is rented from the council and not bought by me. Slap on the wrist for major DIY

I am not a tiler by any means but I do get carried away with DIY. In most cases the 'project' suceeds and some even excels so I'm keeping my fingers crossed

AC

 

[Dan]

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Welcome to tilersforums.com Supercoley1. Thanks for introducing yourself.

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome

 

[david campbell]

:welcome:to the forum

 

[Supercoley1]

Just a thought. I will start a thread on the bathroom in the next few days but.....

......The floor consists of the original floorboards and has been overboarded with 6mm ply (I think it is 6mm, will have to measure it ) I have already lifted the ply up and then screwed down any loose floorboards. They are now as firm as with no movement at all nor creaking

I then put the 6mm ply back down and screwed it down properly....every 20mm making sure to go through the floorboards and into the joists. Again like the floorboards it now feels like a solid concrete floor were it not for the 'hollow' sound :lol:

The room is about 10ft x 10ft. As there will be no freestanding shower (just a bath with shower above it) does it need tanking? and do I need to seal the joints where the ply meets?

The plan is to put large 600 x 600 floor tiles down (Ceramic I think) and then tile the walls with 150 x 150.

Regards and thanks for the welcome.

AC

 

[DHTiling]

Hello Andy and welcome..

6mm ply is a no no really..

 

[faithhealer]

welcome to the forum Andy, try 6 mm hardie backer board instead of ply

 

[Supercoley1]

I forgot to say This is a real budget effort to the point that you guys would say it is almost free :lol:

Budget for the whole job will be under £200. That includes all the wall tiles (cheapy ones) and the floor tiles (on offer at B&Q)

Don't know what to do if I need more spend for the prep

I had laminate over the ply for the last 2 years and no water staining on it. I'll go measure it now

AC

 

[Supercoley1]

yep 6mm ply. Its what the council's contractors put down just before we moved in. I guess that it maintains the 'high' standards that they 'forgot' to keep in other areas of the house. lol

AC

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

hi :welcome:to the forum, i like your avitar mate

 

[united]

:welcome: to the forum

 

[Supercoley1]

hi :welcome:to the forum, i like your avitar mate

It's a Java Fern (Aquatic plant) that I use as my website logo. This version has been 'swirled' in irfanview

The original version looks like this:

AC

 

[united]

:welcome: to the forum

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

6mm ply recipe for disaster imo, cheap job now (very costly in the future) :yikes::welcome: to the forum

 

[Yorkshire Tiling Services]

Hi and welcome.
6mm ply not advisable