neghbours bathroom floor

[MrSpoon]

we've got a good bunch of neighbours on our little cul-de-sac and i felt sorry for my neighbour/friend of the fmaily when i got asked over to see if i could work my magic with his totally virus riddled pc, so after suggesting backing up his files and me virus checking them on another spare pc of mine, gave him the go ahead to format and re-install his operating system, which worked a treat and all is good untill i got a call a couple of days later asking if i can work my magic with his bathroom floor... quick briefing on the way up the stairs was it had been tiled 2 years ago and the tiler had been called back a couple of times to re-grout as it has all cracked on the main central tiles of the floor which immedietly suggested unstable floor and movement, so i said do you mind me having a butchers with my car key? so i gently wiggled a piece of loose grout out from between a tile that was joined to the doorway trim and it was actually cracked in half and lifted up without any effort at all! i laughed as i didn't know what else to say and he laughed also as he knew something was wrong, certainly was indeed! it was straight onto cheap crappy floorboard with literally 2/3mm wafer splinter type board :S the kind you get at the bottom of each cheap MFI desk of drawers, the adhesive didnt seem to have stuck to well to the board or the tile, i dont think ther was even any primer involved atall :huh2: nothing like a bodge job done eh! :whatchutalkingabout

 

[brian c]

so did u stick them back down with duck tape or what?lol

I take it you have the job replacing btiles then?

 

[robbo]

so did u stick them back down with duck tape or what?lol

Pritt stick works best Bri

 

[MrSpoon]

well after some long hard thought ive suggested that i rip the whole lot up, PVA the floor, then add some strips of newspaper, then some more PVA, then more newspaper...PVA.. etc, (paper mache style) then using my strusty spork adhesive spreader (free from my pasta meal)

i shall lay a thin bed of Blue Star and lay 600 x 600 travertine and maybe accidentally spill multiple colours of paint all over the place, seal, maybe even use some black grout too :joker:

 

[CLAYS TILES]

sounds like a good plan there mr spoon!

 

[MrSpoon]

on a serious note tho... what option do i have for re-tiling the floor? he doesnt really want it plying out as this will mean removing the toilet and then refitting it and having to mess about with the pipework cos of the height difference etc, would be an option to use something like bals 2 part flexi?

 

[charlie1]

Darren NETT was talking about a ply substitute a month or two ago that is very thin, cant remember the name though. Will get back to you.

 

[charlie1]

PCI Pecilastic 0.08mm thick, Ask Darren about this product

 

[MrSpoon]

thanks for that, ive already gone ahead and bought an alternative product, same kinda stuff tho

 

[MrSpoon]

im still going to have to ply it tho arent i :huh2:

 

[Fekin]

It depends on the floorboards condition and if you can eliminate the flex out of it by screwing then all down even more.
If you can make the floor solid with enough screws then fastflex can go straight onto the floorboards, just depends on how solid you can get it.

 

[MrSpoon]

hmm ill have to have a closer look then:yes: