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| Thread ID: 114239 | 2010-11-23 19:55:00 | Tiling a wood floor | jareemon (5207) | PC World Chat |
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| 1155949 | 2010-11-23 19:55:00 | Is it ok to lay tiles on wood floorboards? Should i lay some hardboard or sealer first or something? The tiles are about 200mm x 200mm | jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1155950 | 2010-11-23 20:57:00 | When I tiled the floor in our old house about 8 years ago, we were advised by the tiling place to lay 5 mm Hardboard on the floor over the T&G, nail it and glue it down, since T&G has a tendency to move, and the hard board is more solid. Not to sure if you can still get Hardboard though ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1155951 | 2010-11-23 20:58:00 | Not that I know a single thing about this, but I would lay thin ply first. :2cents: Edit: Wainui beat me to it... |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1155952 | 2010-11-23 20:58:00 | There's a special backing for tiles .... it has predrilled holes @ 100mm centres and stops any flex in the floor boards which would eventually crack the grouting between the tiles. Go see one of the timber & hardware shops ... Placemakers, Carters, etc ... they'll point you in the right direction |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1155953 | 2010-11-23 21:43:00 | Yep, SP8's on the right track. This is a special backing board which is fastened with hundreds of nails, or screws if you have the time and inclination. If you try to short-cut the job by not using this you will be sorry. Talk to a tile shop or tiler. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1155954 | 2010-11-24 02:43:00 | It's called tile and slate underlay it's a fibrous cement board, don't even think about tiling a wooden floor without it as the tiles will just crack. Even chipboard flooring needs it as all timber floors move to a certain extent | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1155955 | 2010-11-24 09:00:00 | I was afraid you would say that, because as it is, I'm really tall, and with a 6mm underlay, plus another however many millimeters for mortar and tiles, the sink is gonna be lower, and the toilet is gonna be lower, which will cause a greater distance for urine and therefore an increase in it's velocity, which means more splashes, more effort required for aim, and the stream is likely to lose it's integrity as it falls further. I will nevertheless use some of this fibre cement board ("tile underlay" - heh, why didnt I think of that?:D), and maybe squat a little. Or just sit down like a woman. |
jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1155956 | 2010-11-24 09:13:00 | I was afraid you would say that, because as it is, I'm really tall, and with a 6mm underlay, plus another however many millimeters for mortar and tiles, the sink is gonna be lower, and the toilet is gonna be lower, which will cause a greater distance for urine and therefore an increase in it's velocity, which means more splashes, more effort required for aim, and the stream is likely to lose it's integrity as it falls further. I will nevertheless use some of this fibre cement board ("tile underlay" - heh, why didnt I think of that?:D), and maybe squat a little. Or just sit down like a woman. You could remove the sink and toilet before laying the tiles, and the install them back on top of your newly tiled floor. This of course depends on how they were originally installed, but if it was possible in your bathroom, would save you the effort of trying to cut tiles to fit around curved "things" like the toilet. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1155957 | 2010-11-24 10:18:00 | maybe squat a little. Or just sit down like a woman. As you get older, you'll realise that women are onto a good thing ;) |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 1155958 | 2010-11-24 18:58:00 | You could remove the sink and toilet before laying the tiles, and the install them back on top of your newly tiled floor. This of course depends on how they were originally installed, but if it was possible in your bathroom, would save you the effort of trying to cut tiles to fit around curved "things" like the toilet. yeah, i thought about that, thats how one really should do it, but i really cant be bothered pulling the sink unit out, that alone would take probably 3x more time than the tiling will. As you get older, you'll realise that women are onto a good thing ;) :lol: |
jareemon (5207) | ||
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