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Hi guys
About to embark on a bathroom job in the next month and would really appreciate some advice please.
It's a first floor bathroom and the existing floor is joists overboarded with chipboard. The customer would like a freestanding bath but hasn't yet decided whether to go for reclaimed cast iron, or a lighter modern one.
I'd like your opinions on what kind of flooring/tile combinations would be best for each of these two options. Given that the substrate would be going straight on to the joists, I'm guessing 3/4" ply probably in both cases, in which case do you think I could get away without building a plinth if the bath was cast iron? Then what options for tiles, to avoid cracking? Porcelain I guess, but anything else?
If the customer goes for a lighter modern bath could I get away with a thinner substrate, and ceramic tiles?
Thanks - looking forward to your replies
Matt
About to embark on a bathroom job in the next month and would really appreciate some advice please.
It's a first floor bathroom and the existing floor is joists overboarded with chipboard. The customer would like a freestanding bath but hasn't yet decided whether to go for reclaimed cast iron, or a lighter modern one.
I'd like your opinions on what kind of flooring/tile combinations would be best for each of these two options. Given that the substrate would be going straight on to the joists, I'm guessing 3/4" ply probably in both cases, in which case do you think I could get away without building a plinth if the bath was cast iron? Then what options for tiles, to avoid cracking? Porcelain I guess, but anything else?
If the customer goes for a lighter modern bath could I get away with a thinner substrate, and ceramic tiles?
Thanks - looking forward to your replies
Matt