tiling over floor grade chipboard

[sharpfamily]

andy - yes, i will report back if the floor does start to show signs of distress......any possible embarrassment in this forum would be nothing, compared to my embarassment with family, friends and neighbours.

Regarding your other comments, thanks, but:

Low floor traffic has got to be a red herring here, as the room is big & multi functional. It's been subject to heavy loading from several big parties over the 3yrs......including dancing!

& how many folk are usually in say a domestic kitchen anyway on a day to day basis.....the chief cook and bottle washer.

I think the key thing is that my floor is solid with no measurable deflection or bounce.

Also, I found bal 2 part fast flex (used for small shower uth floor) messy and harder to clean off compared to bal single part flexible that I used on the family room floor. I found new single part fast flex is not as messy as the 2 part on the other shower room uth floor.....maybe because it's water based. On the walls of the shower rooms I used bal single part flexible (plus bal shower kit) onto plasterboard.

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[Rich]

Wow!

How did I miss this thread!?

I love structural engineers!

 

[widler]

people,lets stop internet biatching,jeez, the man has tiled a floor,not the way we would do it,but he has,its lasted all this time,maybe it will last 10 more years.
i ripped a floor up last year,tiled onto these boards,only 4m2,they had been down 7 years,i know,its my neighbours,agood mate,he moved out the other year the new lady dident like em,i re tiled it for her,and i swear on my girls,it was the hardest floor i have ripped up,i dont know what he used,but the tiles came up in tiny bits,and what adhisive stuck to the floor,i had to chip up a bit at a time.
a right pain

 

[sharpfamily]

hello widler - many thanks for your generous concluding comment on this very, very long thread.

I don't think there's anything more to be said. Meanwhile I've already promised I will report back to the forum if my floor does start to show distress.

good luck to all.

best,
graham

 

[kilty55]

good luck graham,i really hope it doesnt fail

 

[ollymonkeynuts]

Is this turning out to be the longest/oldest thread on record??!!:lol:

 

[sharpfamily]

& I shall be reporting back every year my floor retains its integrity........could go on for ever??.......hopefully!!!

blimey I see there's been nearly 14,000 viewings of this thread......so far.

 

[Andy Allen]

we shall look forward to it...

 

[Perry]

Is this turning out to be the longest/oldest thread on record??!!:lol:

and i don't think its a good thread as people reading might be misguided, and do the same. its fine if you can afford to be so arrogant, but if you cant, which most people cant, it would be a shame if someone else followed the same route, and ended up as most jobs would done that way would. also if our customers started asking for us to tile that way

 

[sharpfamily]

and i don't think its a good thread as people reading might be misguided, and do the same. its fine if you can afford to be so arrogant, but if you cant, which most people cant, it would be a shame if someone else followed the same route, and ended up as most jobs would done that way would. also if our customers started asking for us to tile that way

Arrogant!?- that's very unfair.

But here's an idea regarding your concerns: You can now simply provide readers with a bullet point summary of what you believe to be best tiling practice when faced with an existing chipboard floor.