What is your preferred method? - TilersForums.com

[Lakey]

Ok so I have a 3m x 2m bathroom to fit out & have just ripped the floor up back to joists.

What is your preferred method of preparation.
The tiles are 450 x 450 porcelain.

22mm NMP
Chipboard & tile backer
Chipboard & antifracture
Ply & Ditra.....etc etc?

 

[Boggs]

I usual method is chipboard and 6mm Hardie.

But if all the floor is up and you can get it locally for a good price 22mm no more ply would be best I suppose.

 

[Qwerty]

Ply & marmox boards is usually my choice

 

[Old Mod]

22 mm no more ply, hands down.

 

[Blunt Tool]

22 mm no more ply, hands down.

Thought you can’t get it anymore?

 

[Old Mod]

Thought you can’t get it anymore?

That’s Hardifloor Ian.

 

[Blunt Tool]

There you go I learnt something new today, always try and learn something new everyday.

 

[Old Mod]

There you go I learnt something new today, always try and learn something new everyday.

Hardiefloor is produced in Australia, and became uneconomical as a product here because it never caught on fast enough.
Which is a real shame, excellent bit of kit.

 

[Waluigi]

Ply and then HB/pro ply would be my choice.

If budget doesn’t allow it then Chipboard then TBB

For me, the large sheet of ply does it. As I do Bathrooms it’s rarely more than a single joint in the floor.

 

[judge]

Ply +hardi

 

[Old Mod]

Ok..... anyone, everyone,.........why?
Please educate me, cos I’m obviously missing something.

After all, you must have your reasons, I’m interested in knowing them please.

 

[LM]

Tbf all of @Lakey suggestions would work just fine. For me it would be situation, budget and material availability dependant.

 

[Boggs]

I’m hiding, not getting into this one!!

 

[Waluigi]

Availability, less joints, tried and tested. No more ply 22mm might work just fine but in a Bathroom I’d still prefer that single sheet of ply or couple of sheets of ply and a single join then over boarded.

A joint every 500mm for me isn’t ideal with backer board IMO- In other words I don’t have the confidence in the product.

 

[Waluigi]

Maybe I don’t know enough about it.

When the conversation came up recently I went straight onto the no more ply website to have a look

The link to ‘view details’ of the board didn’t work then and it still doesn’t. Why should I attempt installing a product when the manufacturers can’t even display the information properly.

Boards - Boarding Products - http://sts-uk.com/boarding-products/boards