Ply Bathroom Floor - Tile Advice

[terrycoe1]

Hi I have 3 bathroom floors currently Lino over ply substrate recommendations on what to use over the top of the ply prior to tiling I'm thinking of a ditra membrane !? Any other suggestions

 

[White Room]

What tiles are you fixing and how thick is the ply...

 

[terrycoe1]

Just a standard ceramic or porc unsure of thickness if it's 15mm then ditra if it's less hardi!?

 

[White Room]

Is the vinyl being stripped off before tiling...

 

[terrycoe1]

Yeh Lino is coming up hadn't been glued just loose

 

[White Room]

I wouldn't ditra with porcs or ceramic on a small bathroom floor... 6mm hardie would be my preference.

 

[terrycoe1]

Sweet ok how comes you wouldn't use the ditra !? If I havnt got the height then what would you reccomend !?

 

[Flintstone]

If it's 15mm ply then tile straight on it

 

[White Room]

Ditra I would use with natural stone, I don't know the thickness of your floor so in some aspects I'm surmising.

Is it chipboard, floorboards etc

 

[Brian the Tile]

Check the thickness of the ply first off ,you can tile straight onto it depending

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Had to look twice as to which forum I was in!

 

[terrycoe1]

Would 15mm still not swell up if water was to get to it

 

[terrycoe1]

If it's less than 15mm then use hardi over the top

 

[J Sid]

never, never tile onto ply fixed by someone else, have the backs and edge's been sealed, most probably not.
ply has no place in a wet or moisture rich area, remove it and replace with a moisture stable board.

 

[Brian the Tile]

Its entirely up to you which way you go, maybe pop into your local tile shop and ask them ,look on the adhesive bags and that will tell you that you can tile on ply and the thickness it must be before you go and spend xxxxx amount of pounds on something that you may not need,i have bee tiling for 44 years and yes you can tile on ply if it is the right thickness