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Arn Wheeler
hi everyone,
firstly i went to have a look at a kitchen floor that needed tiling.now there were tiles already down on a chipboard floating floor with foam sheets /celotex underneath it.
the customer has removed all the floor tiles and surprisingly they got them up well, and got all the excess adhesive up as well.
when i quoted the job i had it in my head to get nicobond plastic ply but got distracted when i was quoting and forgot to mention it.
by now Ive spoken to the customer explaining the figures didnt add up in my quote.and there like 'hmmmm well OK , how much is it going to cost extra' . i don't want the customer doubting my knowledge as i have been tiling for over 7 years and am fully qualified
so i replied with sorry my mistake and i will sort it , even if i meet them half way with a price to use plastic ply.
now if i was to ask them to get the carpenter to lay ply down first would it firstly be 15mm or 18mm because i was always told at college use 18mm marine grade ply wood. if i use plywood would you recommend screwing down every 6 inches squared.
what thickness would you recommend and the grade???
and does anyone know how much plastic plywood be to cover 22 m2 in area? i can find out tomorrow with nicobond but want to get my views over now to everyone.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
i will be using bal apd to prime floor area. and bal single part flexi adhesive with bal super-flex grout.
or could i tile straight over the chipboard. (tbh id rather not because i know it can course cracking and in the future will cause problems). p.s its not by the tiling bible
lol
thanks for looking.
reply's would be very helpful.
cheers
firstly i went to have a look at a kitchen floor that needed tiling.now there were tiles already down on a chipboard floating floor with foam sheets /celotex underneath it.
the customer has removed all the floor tiles and surprisingly they got them up well, and got all the excess adhesive up as well.
when i quoted the job i had it in my head to get nicobond plastic ply but got distracted when i was quoting and forgot to mention it.
by now Ive spoken to the customer explaining the figures didnt add up in my quote.and there like 'hmmmm well OK , how much is it going to cost extra' . i don't want the customer doubting my knowledge as i have been tiling for over 7 years and am fully qualified
so i replied with sorry my mistake and i will sort it , even if i meet them half way with a price to use plastic ply.
now if i was to ask them to get the carpenter to lay ply down first would it firstly be 15mm or 18mm because i was always told at college use 18mm marine grade ply wood. if i use plywood would you recommend screwing down every 6 inches squared.
what thickness would you recommend and the grade???
and does anyone know how much plastic plywood be to cover 22 m2 in area? i can find out tomorrow with nicobond but want to get my views over now to everyone.
i will be using bal apd to prime floor area. and bal single part flexi adhesive with bal super-flex grout.
or could i tile straight over the chipboard. (tbh id rather not because i know it can course cracking and in the future will cause problems). p.s its not by the tiling bible
thanks for looking.
reply's would be very helpful.
cheers