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[bugs183]

Sorry mate, just pulling your leg.
There are all kindsa ways people fix these boards, but the best way is prime the floor, trowel adhesive at 6mm press the boards into this and then screw down whilst wet. The floor will be lovely and solid then.
Sorry the joints a re cracking, but tiles don't like being laid direct to plywood, especially when its that thin.

 

[jase158]

also the problem is that the plywood is under a couple units

 

[jase158]

could I pull tiles up, put cement board down and then tile on top?

or should I pull the 6mm ply up?

 

[White Room]

I'd be pulling the ply up......

 

[Ian]

I'd be pulling the ply up......

I agree, get back down to the floor boards/chipboard and start afresh.

 

[jase158]

thank you to everyone for your help, costly mistake, but will have to be fixed. doh

 

[bugs183]

Trouble is it's not a mistake you've made by being daft.
It's so widely done, everyone believes it's fine to go straight onto thin plywood, not all of these floors crack, so people still do it.
It's taken a while for people to actually rethink how to tile onto wooden floors.
So your not the only one!!

 

[jase158]

Trouble is it's not a mistake you've made by being daft.
It's so widely done, everyone believes it's fine to go straight onto thin plywood, not all of these floors crack, so people still do it.
It's taken a while for people to actually rethink how to tile onto wooden floors.
So your not the only one!!

cheers, thats made me feel a bit better about it, will learn for next time

 

[Martino]

Jase158 - possible failure could also be, not enough addative in the adhesive or grout also leave gaps between your ply, cement boards are more expensive so you cant use them on every job!...well not where i live anyway...you wouldnt get any work basically someone would be cheaper!....i have and still do use ply and belive you still can, a lot of people on here will dissagree with me but what did we use before backer/cement board?.....plywood. ....i firmly belive if applied correctly it can still do the job!

 

[peteablard]

Jase158 - possible failure could also be, not enough addative in the adhesive or grout also leave gaps between your ply, cement boards are more expensive so you cant use them on every job!...well not where i live anyway...you wouldnt get any work basically someone would be cheaper!....i have and still do use ply and belive you still can, a lot of people on here will dissagree with me but what did we use before backer/cement board?.....plywood. ....i firmly belive if applied correctly it can still do the job!

Ply isn't the issue it's the thickness of ply used that's the problem!