Ply Bathroom Floor

[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

 

[terrycoe1]

I no some cases you can tile on to ply but I've just recently seen a kitchen with a ply base were the tiles are popping up due to water getting to the substrate and swelling I'm not sure I'd want to lie direct to ply in a wet area my issue is if I can get the toilet and sink high enough to get a 6mm backer board plus tile underneath ...?

 

[Qwerty]

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

If it's less than 15mm I would be taking the lot up and replacing it with 18mm ply minimum!

 

[Brian the Tile]

Like i said its up to you but to be honest if i had a floor coming up on me that was on ply i would be more concerned about who did the plumbing cos whether you use hardie or not that floor is coming up regardless

 

[Flintstone]

Your supposed to be a professional tiler yet your asking the most simple of questions ?

 

[hmtiling]

Your supposed to be a professional tiler yet your asking the most simple of questions ?

a bit harsh local tiler. i seem to remember you asking about using insulation boards under electric ufh and being concerned about strength. i'd consider that to be common knowledge for a pro tiler

 

[Flintstone]

a bit harsh local tiler. i seem to remember you asking about using insulation boards under electric ufh and being concerned about strength. i'd consider that to be common knowledge for a pro tiler

I did indeed question that, and I'm still not confident to use them on there own over floorboards

 

[terrycoe1]

If it was a simple solution there there would only be one out come not half saying yeh go tile straight onto ply and half saying no ! not every job is as simple if your wanting to do it right

 

[terrycoe1]

What makes me professional is covering all situations to get the job done in the best possible way

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Your supposed to be a professional tiler yet your asking the most simple of questions ?

Chill fella.

Better to ask and get it right than feel you shouldn't and get it wrong..

 

[Flintstone]

Didn't mean to sound harsh.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I'am with the local on this - as I said earlier ' had to look twice to see what forum we were in' thought it was DIY!
Always amazes that people charge for a service that they are not skilled in.