Plastic ply. - Tile Advice

[enduro]

Several years ago i was given some boxes of plastic ply. A mate of mine wanted a chipboard floor in a bathroom tiled in a house he just bought to renovate. He said i could use the plastic ply because if the floor cracked he was not bothered as this was just a quick fix for him so he could move in. Well four years later he has not done the bathroom and the floor is still perfect. Never used the ply since and have a few boxes in the shed still. Anyone else used it?http://www.nichollsandclarke.com/uploads/0ede8a30bf52421ab6916f5d9fcdb6c1.pdf

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Is it still within its sell by date!










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[enduro]

It was when i used it...Boxes in the shed are a bit dusty these days.

 

[Qwerty]

My local N&C rep keeps trying to convert me to it but I just can't! Haven't heard of any failures though

 

[Colour Republic]

My local N&C rep keeps trying to convert me to it but I just can't! Haven't heard of any failures though

I seem to remember a few failures being posted on here a few years back, one of them quite bad. Although it could have been poor installation rather than the plastic ply. Do a search

 

[Qwerty]

Interesting! Will find them and point them out to the rep!

 

[TJ Smiler]

Yes i have used it several times, once was on a 70m2 chipboard floor that had more movement in it than it should have..... Was three years ago now and no complaints and still see the girl i done it for. No complaints from me mate

 

[wayne]

I used it the other week on a chipboard floor that had little movement in it. Sticks like mad to the floor. Moved loads of heavy items over the floor when finished and it was all fine still. I will stick to hardi or no more ply but it seemed to work fine for me but there is still a niggle in my mind that it will fail at some point if you know what I mean

 

[mz30]

we have had about 10 failures in the past year on new build houses so we have stopped using it.

 

[Qwerty]

we have had about 10 failures in the past year on new build houses so we have stopped using it.

Wow! What was the fixing here? What substrate, adhesives etc used?

 

[mz30]

They were all prepped as recommended and tile master trade flex used ,the substrate was chipboard deflection free and the areas where around 2m2 to 3m2 when we lifted the tiles they had not bonded to the plastic ply but were solid on the tile.