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    Can you backer board over standard toungue and groove floor boards?

    Hi all, please bare with me as I am a plasterer by trade but quite handy round the house. I want to tile my hallway with some new slick white tiles and follow straight through into the kitchen. Now I have done this many years ago at my old place with ply wood base but have never used these...
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    Electric UFH Thoughts on insulated backer boards?

    Hi All, First time post here after reading about lots of different options for my kitchen floor refurb. I want to add electric underfloor heating in the kitchen, but as it's a 70s uninsulated concrete slab I don't want to spending lots of cash to heat up the worms. I'm tending towards...
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    Backer board joint sealing

    Looking at using a backer board like jacko, wedi, kerdi, etc and im not sure on whats the most suitable way to seal the banding tape for the joints, washers etc. Some posts ive read people just use a SPF addy to bed the tape onto. Then theres full on sealing kits like this...
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    Light weight backer board

    I need to overboard an 1800 wide paramount plasterboard wall that only has studs at 900 centres. (one at each and and one in the middle running vertically) part of the wall will be in a shower cubicle so needs good waterproofing i think hardi or even aquapanel might be a bit too heavy and...
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    Tile backer on to plasterboard

    The walls behind my old shower cubicle revealed a fair amount of water damage after i removed the wall tiles and the damaged wall. It turns out that the wall is three boards sandwiched together with screws and some sort of foam adhesive I want to overboard the remaining good boards wall with a...
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    Tiling exterior concrete floor - which backer board to use?

    Installing tiles 400x600 over an exposed exterior cement screed - it has 20mm fall over 2300mm length away from house (5750mm width) but there might be little pits and bumps of a couple mm or so. Tiling directly on the screed seems risky to say the least outside with temperature fluctuations and...
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    Can I Replace Plasterboard with Tile backer board (Build regs compliance)?

    We have a dormer constructed, passed by building control, but they have obviously just plasterboarded everywhere, can I remove this from the ensuite walls (external ie dorma walls which are timber stud construction filled and covered with kingspan) and replace with foam tile backer boards of...
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    Ultra Tile Backer Boards?? Similar to marmox

    Now back to bare house brick and they not level, tiling a bathroom, shower over bath, was planning on using Marmox boards 12.5mm but tiling centre said Ultra tile backer boards same principle but cheaper, and have them in stock, Was planning on dot dabbing marmox boards with flexible cement...
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    Tile backer boards needing tanked and makes of boards

    Trying to Get bathroom re tiled, had conflicting advice from a few tilers, I’m a total novice but like to read up on what is correct procedure. Cos I’m a female i think some tilers can just spin me a line regarding tiling😀 anyway the existing tiles once taken off I aim to do that myself, I...
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    Tiling Wetroom on Tileback board

    Hi I'm attempting my second tiling DIY tiling job and could do with some tips and ideas as this will be on tilback board. (Still some taping to finish off). I have 3 types of tiles (All with a grey'ish colour) 90 x 90 porcelain for floor 60 x 30 porcelain for vertical wall 30 x 30 mosiac for...
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    primer on backer board

    hi all going to use cement backer boards my question is do i primer both sides? im fixing using tlie adesive and screws to wall thanks george
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    backer board joins

    hi all when using 6mm cement backer boards on a wall do i have to use tape on the joints or just skim them with tile adesive i will be tanking anyway? thanks george
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    Thinnest backer board? 3mm ply?

    Hi, I'm looking for a super-thin backer board, in order to tile a stud wall on both sides and have one tile (60mm wide) on each end. Haven't found anything less than 6mm, so I'm wondering whether I have to go with 3mm ply (not a recommended substrate I know) The stud wall is only 600mm long...
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    Waterproof floor build-up over cement backer boards

    Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice on final floor buildup. We're installing a shower tray onto ply (with grab addy), it's 1700x800mm so should perform as a wetroom, closed on all sides apart from a bit at the end of one side to get in and out. So my question is about the rest of the...
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    Impey former and backer board installation

    I'm doing a wet room and I am just about to lay the Impey aqua dec linear 2 shower former and attach tile backer boards to the stud wall. I feel that I should put the former down first, butted right up to the studs in the stud wall then install the backer boards so they hang over the lip of the...
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    pls advise- best insulation, sub-floor and underlayment for tiled kitchen floor?

    My floor joists are good but I need to replace whole subfloor and tile kitchen floor. I am working on a budget but I want to install functional and durable solution according to British standard for both subfloor and underlayment. Ppl with experience, could you please advise what insulation to...
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    Use plywood behind tile backer board?

    So I'm about to box in some pipes and tile over them - I understand that tiling directly onto ply is bad obvs - just wondered if it's advisable to box in with ply and then overboard with tile backer board or do most tilers just go with board directly?
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    Hardibacker vs STS / Wedi tile backer board

    I have a fairly small bathroom 2m x 2.2m which will be tiled wall to floor all round. The straight bath will be fitted onto the 2m wall so I will need a tile backing board. I will be going for porcelain tiles - not sure on the weight but size wise will be 600 x 300. The bathroom is back to...
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    Underlayment Question - Backer board ok on top of felt/metal lath?

    Initially planned on a mortar bed for my underlayment. Quickly realized I should've gone with backer board instead. I already installed roofing felt and metal lath. Is it ok to install the cement board on top or should I rip out the paper/lath? Thanks in advance. -Frank
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    Tile backer board first time

    Hi all, I'm tiling my bathroom that has plywood boards on the floor. Apparently you are supposed to put backer board first, I got HARDIEBACKER 6mm. It's my first time tiling with them (and 3rd in total) so I don't know how tight they have to be around walls, pipes, toilet etc? Can you fill gaps...
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