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hi everyone. Am I able to tile over customers hallway , original (old ) parquet flooring if I sand with a 40 grit mechanical sander , hoover up so dust free , apply an sbr / tile primer , and bond an uncoupling membrane ie; durabase ci onto it using flexi rapid set addy . Would this be an ok and professional method ? Has any one else done this ? Many thanks in advance. Steve ( professional tiler for 15 years but never had this situation)
 
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Just thought I’d put the question out there . But I don’t think i would be 100% convinced it would work with nmp or un coupling mat . So am now quoting for taking up parquet floor (22 ish mm) and replacing with levelling compound , leaving a day then tile onto that . Nice n solid and would be confident in that working ok .
 

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Put 50mm marmox boards down or what ever the thickness of the parquet is.
Will probably work out more cost effective...
 
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Thanks Julian , but I wouldn’t want to mechanically fix orbry or Marmox boards to parquet floor with screws n washers as I feel this would dislodge and loosen the parquet pieces . ..Andy are you suggesting I remove parquet and fix the marmox boards down using jst a solid bed flexi https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ ? With no need to mechanical fix ? Bringing back up to original height and then to tile onto . Regards , Steve
 

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Thanks Julian , but I wouldn’t want to mechanically fix orbry or Marmox boards to parquet floor with screws n washers as I feel this would dislodge and loosen the parquet pieces . ..Andy are you suggesting I remove parquet and fix the marmox boards down using jst a solid bed flexi https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ ? With no need to mechanical fix ? Bringing back up to original height and then to tile onto . Regards , Steve
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Remove the parquet, seal the black tar crap with a slurry coat, or suitable primer, fix marmox boards down with flexible https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/.
They come in thickness from 6mm to 50mm..
 

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Thanks Julian , but I wouldn’t want to mechanically fix orbry or Marmox boards to parquet floor with screws n washers as I feel this would dislodge and loosen the parquet pieces . ..Andy are you suggesting I remove parquet and fix the marmox boards down using jst a solid bed flexi https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ ? With no need to mechanical fix ? Bringing back up to original height and then to tile onto . Regards , Steve
Remove the parquet. Putting a waterproof layer over parquet can entrap moisture which could blow the parquet and everything above. Sticking the Marmox to the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ with cement base https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ is not advised as it may not adhere. Overlay the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ with Arditex NA or similar two part and then stick down, or mechanically fix over the parquet https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ for guaranteed fix.
 

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