Foam boad vs cement board - Tile Advice

[MAK_Tiling]

What do you pros on here use most then?
Ragrdless of customers budget and you choose msterials

Xps foam.boards like jackoboard,marmox weidi etc
Or
Cement boards lile hardie, no.more ply etc with tanking where applicable
Or
Plasterboard just to throw it in there.tanking where needs be.

Dont know how you would put this thing to a vote maybe admin coould help out with that one .

 

[Dumbo]

Horses for courses .
Hardie 6mm timber overlay without ufh
With ufh 10 mm Jacko etc .
Walls jackoboard , easy cut,carry, and handle and if it needs waterproofing only need to do joints and fixings there for not affecting weight carrying capacity .
Hardie tanked has it's weight carry capacity reduced , this needs to be tanked all over as it is water tolerant not waterproof

 

[jobdone]

Most installs I use plaster board and tank the wet areas. I find it's easier to dry line with the larger boards.
As I do full installs floors are 25mm ply with detria. Or 18mm ply and 6mm Jacko board

 

[widler]

9 out of 10 wall jobs are plasterboard, floors i vary from form boards or cement.
My go too cenent boards are hardie, I don’t like NMP, too smooth for my liking

 

[Qwerty]

An equal mix of xps and plasterboard for me. Always xps on floor

 

[Dan]

What do you pros on here use most then?
Ragrdless of customers budget and you choose msterials

Xps foam.boards like jackoboard,marmox weidi etc
Or
Cement boards lile hardie, no.more ply etc with tanking where applicable
Or
Plasterboard just to throw it in there.tanking where needs be.

Dont know how you would put this thing to a vote maybe admin coould help out with that one .

You can create a poll as you create a new thread if you wish but I think you get the gist from the response already maybe.

I'd be happy to see a poll created though.

I haven't seen a real one on this forum software yet.

 

[On one]

Not having seen the Bal Board yet, what advantage would this type of board have over cement boards, plasterboards or polystyrene boards?

 

[Flintstone]

I've used BAL board, it is similar to a cement board but it's made of magnesium, it's very light and can cut with a Stanley and can cut curves etc.its got a lot of fibres in. Not sure on its price but I would happily use it.

 

[J Sid]

Same price as hardie board I believe Andy, not tried it yet either

 

[Flintstone]

It's smaller than Hardie, 600x1200, deffinately more user friendly, can't fault it really.

 

[J Sid]

It's smaller than Hardie, 600x1200, deffinately more user friendly, can't fault it really.

But meets latest BS, surprisingly

 

[MAK_Tiling]

@Plan Tec Tiling any particular reason for xps on floor? im.sure i had read in the marmox step by step guide it said the multiboards also act lile a decoupling membrane. Not sure on this and anyone who has used them could enlighten me.
@Localtiler do you still have to tank them bal boards like cememnt boards then?

 

[Qwerty]

It is lighter, easier & quicker to cut, has thermal retention qualities, is waterproof and IMO is a more versatile product as I can use the same product on walls & floors. And yes, it does have a certain amount of decoupling capability.

 

[Old Mod]

As I understand it, Bal board is similar to multi-pro board which has two layers of mesh in it.
It’s big brother is the multi-pro board XS which has 4 layers and is a construction fire board.
The XS is amazing stuff, I’ve just built two pocket door walls out of it supported on only 3 sides and fitted 2.4 x 1.2’s to it, very solid and stable.
The man to ask tho is @LEE MAC, he has a lot of experience with the multi-pro board.

Any material placed between the substrate and finished floor is technically a decoupler by definition.
But they all work with varying degrees, some are specifically designed for this and allow a lot more lateral movement than others.
The whole subject of using decouplers is quite complicated, there are lots of products and all suited better to some techniques than others.

 

[MAK_Tiling]

Is this the multi pro board you mean @3_fall