Mdf!!!

[nudge]

won't nudge me nudge:smilewinkgrin:

fair enough too !!! - i did try but that diet of yours isn't working to well - lol :lol: --- cheers

 

[heavytrevy]

Im with you nudge, the products u have recomended def the ones to use, done these types of jobs plenty of times

Trev

 

[jay]

only place i can think of that you tile that is not subject to moisture would be behind a wood heater wonder if it fireproof:lol::lol:

 

[ACTROS1945]

I didn't realise primer and adhesive didn't contain moisture

Which is probaly why Nudge recomeded using mapeprim sp (a two part epoxy primer)as a barrier before using kerabond and iso 50 which reduces the amount of water in your addy aswell as incresing bond and flexablity

 

[doug boardley]

I can only think you guys from the southern hemisphere have different ideas and views on this, fair enough, that's what a forum is all about

 

[jay]

Which is probaly why Nudge recomeded using mapeprim sp (a two part epoxy primer)as a barrier before using kerabond and iso 50 which reduces the amount of water in your addy aswell as incresing bond and flexablity

its only a barrier on the tiled side may as well use cardboard:8:

 

[tfs]

si I guess its just a rummour that MDF is n longer used in construction over in Australia?

I heard on a few occasions by tradesmen on site that MDF is no longer used in Australia due to health risks allegadly linked.

 

[Ajax123]

Stick em on with Silicon.......I can't get that off my MDF Skirtings - :incazzato: sticks to anything.....:lol:

 

[nudge]

si I guess its just a rummour that MDF is n longer used in construction over in Australia?

I heard on a few occasions by tradesmen on site that MDF is no longer used in Australia due to health risks allegadly linked.

i'm not quite sure how much & where it gets used over there but here it would mostly be used commercially (hardly ever domestically)for tall or formed walls unsupported at the top or needing extra strength due to height or the like or on the inside of cupboards or shopfitting & furniture like the front of reception counters and so very rarely does it get tiled - but as always mistakes happen and the builder isn't going to pull it out - so "provided it is in a dry area" which it should be anyway - it can be done - full stop - no problems. as far as health problems - yes this is a concern but isn't stopping it's use at this stage, it's just more that there are better options available such as compressed fibro cement that etc. that have been around much longer and and are more often more suitable.

 

[tfs]

i'm not quite sure how much & where it gets used over there but here it would mostly be used commercially (hardly ever domestically)for tall or formed walls unsupported at the top or needing extra strength due to height or the like or on the inside of cupboards or shopfitting & furniture like the front of reception counters and so very rarely does it get tiled - but as always mistakes happen and the builder isn't going to pull it out - so "provided it is in a dry area" which it should be anyway - it can be done - full stop - no problems. as far as health problems - yes this is a concern but isn't stopping it's use at this stage, it's just more that there are better options available such as compressed fibro cement that etc. that have been around much longer and and are more often more suitable.

MDF is used in dommestic just as much as commercial mate. I used it every day when I worked for a small Joinery firm (not for tiling). It is used more for shelving, furnature and finnishings more than it would be for walls. Very rarely would MDF be used for sheeting over walls even if they were tall. 24oomm is a standard lenght for plasterboard and you can even get 3000mm lenghts of plasterboard for higher walls.