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Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface. Both terms are used interchangeably but floor covering refers more to loose-laid materials.
Materials almost always classified as flooring include carpet, laminate, tile, and vinyl.

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  1. K

    Wetroom prep for T&G floorboards and UFH

    I have a wetroom coming up next month and and looking for a bit of advice. The room is 3mx3m with 1200 former and free standing glass screen. The T&G boards look to be in good condition and well screwed down at the moment. I need to prep the floor ready for tiling and was going to go with...
    • kevwatkins
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    • aus floor floor tiling floorboards prep tanking ufh usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. B

    Old cracked screed over floorboards, can I just remove it?

    Got a hallway and utility to tile (1920's semi), hallway is normal floorboards and then goes into utility but changes to an old 40mm screed. This is cracked badly and parts are loose, under the utility is a celler and when you go down you can clearly see the bottom of the utility floor which is...
    • Bathfix Bob
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    • aus can crack cracked cracking debonding floor floor tiling floorboards just old over screed usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  3. C

    Hardiebacker - can I bed on mortar over floorboards?

    Hi, Am about to take on my first tiling job and am throwing myself in the deep end with a load of natural stone (marble and granite). It's kitchen and bathroom on a first floor, so wooden subfloor. I'll screw down the existing boards and plywood of course, but have bought 6mm Hardibacker to...
    • ChrisK
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    • aus can floor floor tiling floorboards hardiebacker mortar over usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  4. J

    uneven floorboards

    Hello peeps just a quick question: Looked at job today, bathroom floor 5m, floorboards, solid but big dip in centre. Can i fix Durabase to them and SLC over the top? Cheers, Jamie.
    • jstrats
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    • aus floor floor tiling floorboards uneven usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  5. U

    Hardibacker on T&G floorboards

    Hi could you advise me on using hardibacker board,i would like to tile my bathroom floor which has T&G floorboards.Can i fix the hardiboard to the T&G boards following the correct instructions,looking at their website they say it should be fitted to ply no mention of T&G boards ,thanks inadvance
    • Unregistered
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    • aus floor floor tiling floorboards hardibacker usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  6. J

    Limestone tile floor on T&G floorboards - is the prep ok

    I am looking to tile with limestone tiles on top of existing T&G floorboards. I already had the brand new floorboards so didn't want to throw them away to replace with plywood. Joists are 8x3 at 16" centres around 80 years old and sound/solid with no bowing or similar. Floorboards are standard...
    • jesteh
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    • aus floor floor tiling floorboards limestone prep tile usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  7. J

    Bathroom floorboards

    Hi, I've read lots of posts on what would be best to fit floor tiles in my bathroom. I had decided to rip all the floorboards up and fit 18mm wbp ply, once the old floor covering and bath was out, I was left with a really solid floorboards, no noticible movement even while jumping about, seems a...
    • john306
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    • aus bathroom floor floor tiling floorboards usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  8. G

    Floorboards

    Hi, I've been reading about preparing a tongue and groove floor for tiling but I'm still confused about what to do. I want to tile over floorboards in my bathroom preferably with travertine tiles. Can I just overboard with 6mm or 12mm Hardibacker? Thanks, Gareth
    • Gareth1
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    • aus floor floor tiling floorboards usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  9. O

    U/Floor Heating Mat on T&G Floorboards

    Hi, I hope you can give me some good advice. I have an en-suite bathroom approx 2.5 x 2m. The floor is 28mm T&G timber boards on 225 x 60 joists. Ash deafening between the joists (old victorian house). This was laid about 20 years ago so should be stable. I want to fit electric under floor...
    • Oldman
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards heating usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  10. M

    Plywood over floorboards

    Hi, i am going to do some tiling and upstairs on the floor there are flooboards. What size plywood do i need to put down to tile on? Thanks for the help guys. Regards Lee
    • mutley racers
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards over plywood usa
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  11. L

    floorboards

    hello a customer wants a kitchen floor tiling onto floor boards and does not want ditra mat putting down or anything else.. the floor is in good con flat and no bounce. am not too sure about tiling onto to floor boards.....all other floorboard jobs i have done has had a matting or no more ply...
    • leeds tiler
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  12. S

    Travertine on T&G Floorboards

    Hi Folks looking for some good advice I am looking to install travertine floor tiles in my first floor bathroom which currently has T&G floorboards. I have read that i could screw down 18mm WBP plywood and 6mm cement board on top but am reluctant to do so as floor height would be considerably...
    • sparky27
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards travertine usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  13. C

    tiling on floorboards

    hi guys,just completed tiling my walls in the bathroom and now going ti tile my bathroom floor which are floorboards,i am thinking of using backerboards 6mm is this good enough? the tiles are porcalien
    • cooper
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards tiling usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  14. P

    Tiling on floorboards

    Hi, I am about to Tile onto floorboards in an upstairs bathroom. Is there anything i need to lay first? Some sort of silicone or hardibacker board?? or can i go straight onto the floorboards. Obviously using flexible adhesive and grout. Thanks.
    • purleyite
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards tiling usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  15. C

    Best substrate over floorboards for floor tiles?

    Evening all, I have read many reviews, forums and discussions on the internet about what the best substrate is for tiling on. I will be tiling a bathroom floor of approx 8m2. My house is over 100 years old and I suspect the floor boards also are. The floor boards seem quite sturdy. I...
    • coldickey
    • Thread
    • best floor floor tiles floor tiling floorboards over substrate tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  16. C

    ufh mat on floorboards under stone slab.

    Hi y'all, just a quick question - about to quote for a tiny e/s and am prepping the floor before a single slab of stone is fitted. Manky floorboards are not level so the plan is to level them up with latex, sit the ufh mat in this, cover up level and let the stone boys at it. Question is does a...
    • cowgomoo
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    • floor floor tiling floorboards slab stone ufh under usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  17. M

    varnished floorboards

    guys i need an advice please, i got varnished floorboards and need to overboard it, what will be better option 18mm ply or 6mm hardieboard, I would prefer to go for hardieboard but not sure if I can as the floorboards are varnished.
    • maniek
    • Thread
    • floor floor tiling floorboards usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  18. S

    Tiling over floorboards - is tile backer boards the way to go?

    Hi guys. I am going to be installing electric underfloor heating aswell as having the whole bathroom tiled (and an en-suite too). The current flooring is floor boards in one and plywood in the other. Am I right in thinking that the best way to go is to screw down any loose floorboards then...
    • Soyabean
    • Thread
    • boards floor floor tiling floorboards over tile tile backerboard tiling usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  19. N

    Replacing warped floorboards

    Hi all, would be grateful for some advice. I need to replace my bathroom floor as the floorboards that are down at the moment are not the best and some slightly curled at the edges. I plan on takiing the old 16mm boards out and think my options for replacing as: 1. Put in brand new 16mm...
    • Nige
    • Thread
    • floor floor tiling floorboards usa warped
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  20. M

    Priming of floorboards before fixing cement boards?

    Hi all I'm using Topps Trade Rapid-Set Flexible adhesive to secure 6mm Hardy cement boards onto floorboards, do I need to prime the floorboards with anything? Many thanks
    • mmmadman
    • Thread
    • boards cement cement boards fixing floor floor tiling floorboards priming usa
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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