Overlaying wooden floors

[Barry bp]

why is the best adhesive so exspensive mapie tell me s2quick fine on ply

 

[Barry bp]

no moisture gets to ply if tiled well

 

[kilty55]

hi barry,mapeis addys are generally decent priced with a trade account

maybe you need to shop around as there are lots of decent deals on just now
a flexi addy shouldnt be costing you the earth as a fixer?

 

[Stewart]

There are lots of adhesives that are suitable to fix to ply. The problem is with the ply itself, with most of the far eastern stuff delaminating and the glues used to make them reacting with the adhesive.

 

[kilty55]

no moisture gets to ply if tiled well

adhesive is mixed with water,this in itself is putting moisture onto the ply
bathrooms also hold heat when showers etc are on and lots of steam this imo can make ply warp especially on shower walls ive seen it a number of times

grout is also water resistant not proof another opportunity for water to ingress the ply

its just my personall choice but these are some reasons i dont like ply especialyl in bathrooms barry

hope this helps

also a lot of ply especially from b and q etc is sheeething off and is poor quality at the moment this could also cause a failure

 

[Barry bp]

would not buy anything from b and q i use a hardwood timber specialist

 

[Barry bp]

when superflexable adhesive first came out they said you could stick straight on floorboards or chipboard nether of which i have ever done

 

[Barry bp]

if you overlay existing floor wiyhout taking up you dont know if there is any pipework that may fail in the near futur we have seen it all to do a proper job you need to know whats going on under the floor once tiled you dont want a problem under the floor i dont belive what i do is wrong i can tell the customer everything under the floor is perfect then 18 or sometimes25mm ply if you overboard and have not completle checked under floor dont think thats a better job

 

[kilty55]

good luck barry

 

[Barry bp]

i would rather you say first class work not good luck i know whats under every floor i have tiled!