Holiday Home/lodges Tiles Onto 9mm Ply

[Brian the Tile]

We had a twin unit and had the bathroom,hallway and kitchen tiled and it was all stiil solid when we moved four years later

 

[Martino]

What do you mean by this Andy?

As far as I am aware we have had no issues with the tiles at all.

Having removed tiles from ply myself in the past... The adhesive was well stuck into the grain and pulled away the ply when removing the adhesive

 

[Andy Allen]

What I mean by this is....

If you were tiling full time and making a living from it would you not want to do the best job possible?
Would you not want to use the latest up to date methods that stand the least chance of failing and coming back to haunt you?
You wouldn't fit a kitchen with a hammer and chisel would you.?

Yes there's adhesive out there that will stick to ply and chipboard, even floating floors.....but most tilers prefer the belt and braces approach of over boarding with cement boards or insulation boards , for little extra cost it can eliminate any risk of failing..

 

[Martino]

Yes I am totally with you on this....don't shoot the messenger lol...maybe once we start using a pro tiler things will change... At the minute its the plumbers who do the tiling.....rough as anything as well...all i asked was why is everyone so against ply on here....when its used correctly it's absolutely fine....20/30 years a go cement board was not heard of...yet people still had tiles in there bathrooms and kitchens.....all I'm saying is....

Give ply a chance haha

 

[Martyn Leeds]

I mix my adhesive with a stick me.
Don't trust them modern whizzer mixer things..

Get with the times? nah

Nowt to do with owt suppose

 

[Martino]

Catch a fish for a man and you feed him one meal....teach a man how to fish and you feed him for life......

 

[Old Mod]

....when its used correctly it's absolutely fine....20/30 years a go cement board was not heard of...yet people still had tiles in there bathrooms and kitchens.....all I'm saying is....

I bet you still use a 'Yankee' don't you! Haha

 

[Martino]

A joiner is not a joiner if he doesn't have a Yankee in his tool bag...of course I have a Yankee....how do you expect me to unscrew the conti block under the base unit behind the plinth on the back wall? Yes this was on a kitchen I removed.....I'm not stretch armatromg lol....get out the trusted extendable Yankee and bobs your uncle 🙂

 

[dynamictiling]

well went to have a look at a lodge builder the other day 18mm water proof chip board floor ha ha wanted to tile the whole floor 80 m2 i asked why have you done this was told thats the way we all build these these are split in two then joined on site .they dont tile the whole floor but want to bring in new finishes and tile the whole floor they had one 60% built and one at the base level we changed the floor build up on this one to the real way of doing it in the modern world should end up leading the field with fully tiled floors with under floor heating .some have the brains to move on and some dont .

Personally I wouldn't touch chip board at all! I have heard numerous people saying it is fine to tile onto. Tile Adhesive doesn't take to it.

I prefer ditramatting,no more ply or cement boards. I have never been fan of tiling onto plywood.

If I use plywood, the smallest I would use is 15mm. I have had numerous people in the past, 6mil ply ok? No unfortunately your going to have to get someone else to tile your floor.

 

[Martino]

Something I have always wondered is....what is the difference between 6mm or 9mm screwed every 100mm and 15mm or 18mm screwed every 200mm....surley the floor that is screwed every 100mm is much more solid than the ,200mm floor?

Can someone clear this up for me as it boggles me