Kitchen Floor Prep Advice Required - TilersForums.com

[Bill]

Hi, I am looking to tile my kitchen floor with 600x600 porcelain tiles and am not sure if I should be putting down ply or if I can use hardbacker? I've been on to the builder (fairly new house) to ask about subfloor & they confirmed on top of the structural concrete floor is 60mm insulation then 18mm chipboard.
New to this caper so go easy on me please!
Thanks

 

[Chalker]

Search on thus forum for floating floor. That's what you have .

Not good reading!

 

[AliGage]

Hi and welcome.

You have a floating floor by the sounds of it.
Do you know if there are any fixings in the boards to any timbers/joists? Ir is it literally chipboard Laid on celotex?

Are you tiling around the existing kitchen? Or is this being replaced/removed?

 

[Bill]

Thanks guys, not sure about fixings to joists so will get back on to the builder & find out. I would be tiling around existing kitchen so under kickboards & washing machine recess.
Cheers

 

[Bill]

builders have now got back to me to confirm it is a floating floor I have.
After reading posts on this forum relating to floating floors i've now returned the tiles as way too much hassle & expense by the sounds of it.
Cheers for the guidance!

 

[AliGage]

builders have now got back to me to confirm it is a floating floor I have.
After reading posts on this forum relating to floating floors i've now returned the tiles as way too much hassle & expense by the sounds of it.
Cheers for the guidance!

It's not that much hassle,nor is it expensive really. Shame

 

[CJ]

FLOATERS

 

[p4ulo]

A laminate "tile-look" floor might be the answer matey?