tiling on plywood

[Plumbing Tiler]

Firstly it's ply and not play:lol:

secondly I know where your coming from,the amount off plumbers,joiners,builders and even bathroom companies I do work for just laugh when I tell them the substrate isn't ideal for tiling,there attitude is...."iv been doing it like this for 20 years,if you don't want he Job ill get someone else"
I always say well if they come off or grout starts cracking,ill not be back fixing it for free.

there have been times when I point blank refuse, but when there's bills to be payed it makes it hard.

Firstly, it's "I've" not iv! :smilewinkgrin:

Sorry, couldn't resist lol.......

It can be very very hard to do the right thing, especially when you are working for someone else and even more so when you need the work, things aren't easy out there and the last thing you want to do is upset people that can be good sources of work, but having said that when it goes wrong it will come back to YOU, the Tiler and not the other guy, and then it will be YOUR reputation as a Tradesman that gets damaged, and that won't help you build your business, so think very carefully about what you do, good luck!

 

[The D]

Firstly it's ply and not play:lol:

secondly I know where your coming from,the amount off plumbers,joiners,builders and even bathroom companies I do work for just laugh when I tell them the substrate isn't ideal for tiling,there attitude is...."iv been doing it like this for 20 years,if you don't want he Job ill get someone else"
I always say well if they come off or grout starts cracking,ill not be back fixing it for free.

there have been times when I point blank refuse, but when there's bills to be payed it makes it hard.

Pot black and all that :lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Daniel]

I spoke with Mapei technical advisor today and was assured that ''Ply is ok for walls''. He told me to use Mapegum WPS for tanking, Keraflex Maxi S1 or Keraquick S1 adhesive and colour plus grouts.
I am the bad guy already. Customer called designer about my advice and He called me questioning '' Why did I tell her that''.

 

[beanz]

You told her that because IF it fails, it's going to cost you money!!

Who's paying you, the designer, or the customer? If it's the designer, you should've had the conversation with him. If it's the customer, then it's between you and her..

 

[The D]

I better call the British Standards Institute and let them know that your clients designer is not happy with there guidelines :lol:

 

[White Room]

Designers:arf: