Porcelain Tiles on Floor Boards??

[McSwerve II]

The BAL website says OK if you used their Fastflex product. Anyone have any long term experience of this.

Or am I better to go for a Ply layer over the Boards?

Cheers Chaps

[Allanv]

I didnt want to take the chance so I used Ply.

[Livid]

yep better not to take the chance, use ply

[KANEIT]

I use 9mm ply

[Poledriver]

Use large sheets of ply or waterproof mdf with tongue and groove. This gives a very easy and flat surface to fit the tiles to!

[mrmaggit]

Using ply will give you a much more stable base to tile onto. Don't skimp on the screws.

[AlexKP]

McSwerve II said:

The BAL website says OK if you used their Fastflex product. Anyone have any long term experience of this.

Or am I better to go for a Ply layer over the Boards?

Cheers Chaps

NO, NO, NO. And again, NO.

A builder tried to take a shortcut in refitting one of our bathrooms. He screwed the floorboards down tight, sealed them. Then laid the Travertine Marble that cost a fecking fortune on top.

Within a week every slab had a crack in it.

I dismissed him, and the new builder did the other bathroom with chipboard on top of the floorboards and then slate tiles on top of that - no problem.

[anonymous-user]

/\, i screwed every board and stuck the tiles down, that was 4 years ago and not one has moved or cracked.

ETA, ply on top of boards with tiles on top will add quite a bit of height.

Edited by Dave_ST220 on Monday 23 February 15:36

[Poledriver]

Dave_ST220 said:

/\, i screwed every board and stuck the tiles down, that was 4 years ago and not one has moved or cracked.

ETA, ply on top of boards with tiles on top will add quite a bit of height.

Edited by Dave_ST220 on Monday 23 February 15:36

You should try..Floorboard, 10mm sound insulation, 19mm chipboard then floor tiles. And the Feckin builders had not listened to instructions and measured the door openings down to the normal floorboards. Ever tried buying "reasonably priced" doors that you can cut 30+mm off without them falling apart?

[stormin]

Definatly ply first, at least 9mm - makes everything nice & smooth & even.
Screwed down every 8inches, then sealed with pva.

All this before you even start tiling.

[mechsympathy]

stormin said:

Definatly ply first, at least 9mm - makes everything nice & smooth & even.
Screwed down every 8inches, then sealed with pva.

We used 6mm, screwed every 4 inches...

[tom g]

Poledriver said:

Dave_ST220 said:

/\, i screwed every board and stuck the tiles down, that was 4 years ago and not one has moved or cracked.

ETA, ply on top of boards with tiles on top will add quite a bit of height.

Edited by Dave_ST220 on Monday 23 February 15:36

You should try..Floorboard, 10mm sound insulation, 19mm chipboard then floor tiles. And the Feckin builders had not listened to instructions and measured the door openings down to the normal floorboards. Ever tried buying "reasonably priced" doors that you can cut 30+mm off without them falling apart?

Easy - i trimmed 70mm off my budget hollow door - the bottom/top part of the frame of the door can be removed prior to trimming, then reinserted