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Albert

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Ha Ha come back 6 inch whites, my fingers used to bleed at the speed we chucked them up lol. Now a days we can take our time and still earn a living
I don't know about taken my time Simon, i thought things were
ment to get easier as we got older. This week i have fixed 170 sq m
of 600 x 600's on a floor. 20 sq m of 200x200 on the walls 5 sq m 800x400
on floor, oh and i screeded 200sq m
 

Simon Dale

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Along time ago this was the spec from Bal any comments
Tiling onto wood is easier than you think

One question I’m always asked if whether you can tile onto timber floors. Well the simple answer is yes, provided they are capable of carrying the additional loads and are sufficiently rigid and stable.



If you don’t feel the that floor is strong enough, you can always fit extra noggins between the joists, or overboard with exterior grade or marine grade plywood (minimum 15mm thick), screwed down at 300mm centres ensuring screw heads are flush with the surface. Remember to seal the reserve side and edges with neat BAL Bond SBR before tiling as this reduces water permeability.

If the floor needs to be “made good”, i.e. levelled then it may be possible to use a levelling compound such BAL Level Max, which is suitable over timber at only 3mm, you must first prime the surface of the timber with two coats of neat BAL Prime APD, allow to dry between coats and best practice to apply 90° to the first coat

When tiling onto plywood overlaid timber then we recommend using a flexible adhesive such as BAL Rapidset Flexible Fibre or Max Flex Fibre for example for speed on the job or when fixing larger format ceramics/stone, BAL Stone & Tile PTB would be the ideal product


Sealing the back and sides not the front !!! How things have changed
 

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