Mosic glass tiles to mixed MDF/Chipboard floor in bath room

[Unregistered]

Hi,
Im new to tiling and just about to start work on tiling my bathroom.On the floor am going to be using 2.5cm glass mosic tiles to cover 2sq meters.
However the floor with the lino removed is MDF and chipboard.
Ive been looking at different adhesives on-line but could not find anything specific to this so im still perplexed as to what i should do.
Could some one give me advice on what adhesive i should use and if i require any additive/bonding agent and what grout would be best which is in white.
It would also be help full if these items come in sizes which would not leave me with loads of un-used material as its only a small size.
Cheers

 

[mikethetile]

hi and welcome to tf

please register as theres going to be a lot of advice given here

 

[Gazzer]

Sounds a bit slippy to me. I have some glass mosaic to install on a floor next month but only as a border.

 

[The D]

i have glass mosaic tiles on my bathroom floor and there is no problem.

 

[Gazzer]

i have glass mosaic tiles on my bathroom floor and there is no problem.

yeah but you have adhesive on your feet !!!:lol:

 

[Scott]

Lol Neale!

 

[nocturnalK]

they don't seem that bad (in the box) may need to use some rubber bottomed matts round the bath tho.

There is a good reason for those tiles tho as im using the same ones as a boarder for the walls which had to be glass for what im going to be doing.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Neither MDF or chipboard are suitable substrates for tiling, sorry you need to overboard.

 

[user123]

As Phil said... apart from that there isn't usually an issue with slippy floors with mosaics as the grout lines are so close together, but the glass has to be suitable / strong enough for floors and you really need to make sure that it's dead flat - you don't want to glass edges sticking up to stubb / cut your toes on ...

 

[nocturnalK]

Thanks for the advice.
Im going to lay marine Ply 6mm on to the current flooring as is flat already so i just need the surface.
Im going to be using the BAL mosiac adhesive with the BAL Prime APD primer, the grout ill use will be the Microfelx wall grout for less then 5mm.
Good job you replyed else i would of had a rubbish surface to start from

 

[Gazzer]

NO NO NO... dont use 6mm ply !!! You are asking for trouble. Use 6mm tile backer boards .

 

[Rich]

As above, 6mm ply will land you in a world of bother. 6mm cement board like No More Ply or Hardiebacker is what you need. The boards need to be glued and screwed down, some brands say use tile adhesive and others will sell a glue to apply to the underside of the boards to fill any voids (these will cause tiles to come loose over time) and then screw the boards down at a min of 300mm centres. As long as you follow the manufacturer's installation instructions, this should give you the best substrate to tile onto .

 

[Mike]

Thanks for the advice.
Im going to lay marine Ply 6mm on to the current flooring as is flat already so i just need the surface.
Im going to be using the BAL mosiac adhesive with the BAL Prime APD primer, the grout ill use will be the Microfelx wall grout for less then 5mm. you should use the appropriate floor grout, unless its a printing error

 

[Rich]

Thanks for the advice.
Im going to lay marine Ply 6mm on to the current flooring as is flat already so i just need the surface.
Im going to be using the BAL mosiac adhesive with the BAL Prime APD primer, the grout ill use will be the Microfelx wall grout for less then 5mm. you should use the appropriate floor grout, unless its a printing error

Well done, I missed that