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18mm WBP ply for tiling

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By *tu_b_man OP   Man
over a year ago

Nottingham

I’ve bought 18mm WBP ply for the bathroom to fix directly to the joists and got noggins every 400mm.

Is this base ok to tile onto with flexible adhesive and grout? It’s having electric UFH too.

Thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fuck that, chuck some no nails and gaffer tape at it.

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By *j48Man
over a year ago

Wigan

Haven't you done this job yet OP? You asked this 2 weeks ago lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Isn't there a sub category for tiling chat?

I am sick of the main lounge getting filled up with tiling threads.

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

Noggins?

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By *tu_b_man OP   Man
over a year ago

Nottingham


"Haven't you done this job yet OP? You asked this 2 weeks ago lol "

No it’s being done this week. Tiler thinks 18mm isn’t enough.

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By *tu_b_man OP   Man
over a year ago

Nottingham


"Isn't there a sub category for tiling chat?

I am sick of the main lounge getting filled up with tiling threads. "

What’s a “lounge” for then? It’s just chat.

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By *lik and PaulCouple
over a year ago

cahoots

I have feathers on my lawn....do birds moult or has a cat been on the prowl and got lucky?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why not put down water resistant tonge and groove flooring..the green ones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Isn't there a sub category for tiling chat?

I am sick of the main lounge getting filled up with tiling threads. "

You can easily scroll past. I thought the lounge was for any old shit that popped into people's heads

Op it's fine to fix straight onto your ply. Now ffs get the job done

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By *tu_b_man OP   Man
over a year ago

Nottingham


"Isn't there a sub category for tiling chat?

I am sick of the main lounge getting filled up with tiling threads.

You can easily scroll past. I thought the lounge was for any old shit that popped into people's heads

Op it's fine to fix straight onto your ply. Now ffs get the job done "

Haha! He’s worried me now that’s all! xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

OI! Are you gonna ignore my solution. Guaranteed to work.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I’ve bought 18mm WBP ply for the bathroom to fix directly to the joists and got noggins every 400mm.

Is this base ok to tile onto with flexible adhesive and grout? It’s having electric UFH too.

Thanks"

Yes but you’ll need to seal it with a tile sealer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I’ve bought 18mm WBP ply for the bathroom to fix directly to the joists and got noggins every 400mm.

Is this base ok to tile onto with flexible adhesive and grout? It’s having electric UFH too.

Thanks

Yes but you’ll need to seal it with a tile sealer. "

Why not just use plaster board then seal it with a tile sealer.

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By *j48Man
over a year ago

Wigan

I've tiled hundreds of wooden floors..

They move - makes no odds what you do - they move its timber

You're heating wood, it expands and contracts irrespective if its thickness

UFH won't heat a room it just takes the chill off the tiles so have a rad to heat the room

Have fun

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By *rMrsWestMidsCouple
over a year ago

Dudley


"I've tiled hundreds of wooden floors..

They move - makes no odds what you do - they move its timber

You're heating wood, it expands and contracts irrespective if its thickness

UFH won't heat a room it just takes the chill off the tiles so have a rad to heat the room

Have fun

"
Plywood is a man made board so considerably more stable than timber, it will be fine to use with a flexible adhesive. All materials expand and contract, just to different degrees. Would agree that the underfloor heating is not as good as a radiator.

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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East

Lol when I read some of the headlines attached to posts lol

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By *j48Man
over a year ago

Wigan


"I've tiled hundreds of wooden floors..

They move - makes no odds what you do - they move its timber

You're heating wood, it expands and contracts irrespective if its thickness

UFH won't heat a room it just takes the chill off the tiles so have a rad to heat the room

Have fun

Plywood is a man made board so considerably more stable than timber, it will be fine to use with a flexible adhesive. All materials expand and contract, just to different degrees. Would agree that the underfloor heating is not as good as a radiator."

Yep it's more stable as the grain in the individual sheets is glued together perpendicular to the sheet below it

It's still timber though so it will move, yes flexible adhesive attempts to combat that movement and it'll be fine for 3, 4, 5 years or more (a lot less if the people walking on it like to eat cakes and crisp) but it'll still move and fail eventually

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I’ve bought 18mm WBP ply for the bathroom to fix directly to the joists and got noggins every 400mm.

Is this base ok to tile onto with flexible adhesive and grout? It’s having electric UFH too.

Thanks

Yes but you’ll need to seal it with a tile sealer.

Why not just use plaster board then seal it with a tile sealer. "

Oh you’re tiling a floor. You should of said.

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By *rMrsWestMidsCouple
over a year ago

Dudley


"I've tiled hundreds of wooden floors..

They move - makes no odds what you do - they move its timber

You're heating wood, it expands and contracts irrespective if its thickness

UFH won't heat a room it just takes the chill off the tiles so have a rad to heat the room

Have fun

Plywood is a man made board so considerably more stable than timber, it will be fine to use with a flexible adhesive. All materials expand and contract, just to different degrees. Would agree that the underfloor heating is not as good as a radiator.

Yep it's more stable as the grain in the individual sheets is glued together perpendicular to the sheet below it

It's still timber though so it will move, yes flexible adhesive attempts to combat that movement and it'll be fine for 3, 4, 5 years or more (a lot less if the people walking on it like to eat cakes and crisp) but it'll still move and fail eventually

"

If the plywood is correctly fixed with perimeter noggins and noggins to all joints not sitting on the joists it will be fine. Ideally bond the boards to the joists with a polyurethane adhesive as this will fill any voids and stop movement. If done correctly it will give many years of service!

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By *j48Man
over a year ago

Wigan


"I've tiled hundreds of wooden floors..

They move - makes no odds what you do - they move its timber

You're heating wood, it expands and contracts irrespective if its thickness

UFH won't heat a room it just takes the chill off the tiles so have a rad to heat the room

Have fun

Plywood is a man made board so considerably more stable than timber, it will be fine to use with a flexible adhesive. All materials expand and contract, just to different degrees. Would agree that the underfloor heating is not as good as a radiator.

Yep it's more stable as the grain in the individual sheets is glued together perpendicular to the sheet below it

It's still timber though so it will move, yes flexible adhesive attempts to combat that movement and it'll be fine for 3, 4, 5 years or more (a lot less if the people walking on it like to eat cakes and crisp) but it'll still move and fail eventually

If the plywood is correctly fixed with perimeter noggins and noggins to all joints not sitting on the joists it will be fine. Ideally bond the boards to the joists with a polyurethane adhesive as this will fill any voids and stop movement. If done correctly it will give many years of service! "

Agreed - and the cost is how much? It's tiles on a floor..

That after a week of being installed nobody takes any notice of - go in, have a shower, clean their teeth have a dump and go to work

Is it worth it?

Hours of fucking about, happy to do it as long as the numpty living there realises what is potentially involved

Oh yeah I got these tiles cheap in bodgit and quibble 5 metres for £50 quid and it's going to cost £300 to lay them??

I hear it every week

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester


"I've tiled hundreds of wooden floors..

They move - makes no odds what you do - they move its timber

You're heating wood, it expands and contracts irrespective if its thickness

UFH won't heat a room it just takes the chill off the tiles so have a rad to heat the room

Have fun

Plywood is a man made board so considerably more stable than timber, it will be fine to use with a flexible adhesive. All materials expand and contract, just to different degrees. Would agree that the underfloor heating is not as good as a radiator.

Yep it's more stable as the grain in the individual sheets is glued together perpendicular to the sheet below it

It's still timber though so it will move, yes flexible adhesive attempts to combat that movement and it'll be fine for 3, 4, 5 years or more (a lot less if the people walking on it like to eat cakes and crisp) but it'll still move and fail eventually

If the plywood is correctly fixed with perimeter noggins and noggins to all joints not sitting on the joists it will be fine. Ideally bond the boards to the joists with a polyurethane adhesive as this will fill any voids and stop movement. If done correctly it will give many years of service!

Agreed - and the cost is how much? It's tiles on a floor..

That after a week of being installed nobody takes any notice of - go in, have a shower, clean their teeth have a dump and go to work

Is it worth it?

Hours of fucking about, happy to do it as long as the numpty living there realises what is potentially involved

Oh yeah I got these tiles cheap in bodgit and quibble 5 metres for £50 quid and it's going to cost £300 to lay them??

I hear it every week "

Be honest now , did you ever think when you joined fabswingers that you would be giving this kind of advice ?

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By *j48Man
over a year ago

Wigan


"I've tiled hundreds of wooden floors..

They move - makes no odds what you do - they move its timber

You're heating wood, it expands and contracts irrespective if its thickness

UFH won't heat a room it just takes the chill off the tiles so have a rad to heat the room

Have fun

Plywood is a man made board so considerably more stable than timber, it will be fine to use with a flexible adhesive. All materials expand and contract, just to different degrees. Would agree that the underfloor heating is not as good as a radiator.

Yep it's more stable as the grain in the individual sheets is glued together perpendicular to the sheet below it

It's still timber though so it will move, yes flexible adhesive attempts to combat that movement and it'll be fine for 3, 4, 5 years or more (a lot less if the people walking on it like to eat cakes and crisp) but it'll still move and fail eventually

If the plywood is correctly fixed with perimeter noggins and noggins to all joints not sitting on the joists it will be fine. Ideally bond the boards to the joists with a polyurethane adhesive as this will fill any voids and stop movement. If done correctly it will give many years of service!

Agreed - and the cost is how much? It's tiles on a floor..

That after a week of being installed nobody takes any notice of - go in, have a shower, clean their teeth have a dump and go to work

Is it worth it?

Hours of fucking about, happy to do it as long as the numpty living there realises what is potentially involved

Oh yeah I got these tiles cheap in bodgit and quibble 5 metres for £50 quid and it's going to cost £300 to lay them??

I hear it every week

Be honest now , did you ever think when you joined fabswingers that you would be giving this kind of advice ?

"

Ha ha no - but hey I'm a nice guy so happy to help

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By *rMrsWestMidsCouple
over a year ago

Dudley


"I've tiled hundreds of wooden floors..

They move - makes no odds what you do - they move its timber

You're heating wood, it expands and contracts irrespective if its thickness

UFH won't heat a room it just takes the chill off the tiles so have a rad to heat the room

Have fun

Plywood is a man made board so considerably more stable than timber, it will be fine to use with a flexible adhesive. All materials expand and contract, just to different degrees. Would agree that the underfloor heating is not as good as a radiator.

Yep it's more stable as the grain in the individual sheets is glued together perpendicular to the sheet below it

It's still timber though so it will move, yes flexible adhesive attempts to combat that movement and it'll be fine for 3, 4, 5 years or more (a lot less if the people walking on it like to eat cakes and crisp) but it'll still move and fail eventually

If the plywood is correctly fixed with perimeter noggins and noggins to all joints not sitting on the joists it will be fine. Ideally bond the boards to the joists with a polyurethane adhesive as this will fill any voids and stop movement. If done correctly it will give many years of service!

Agreed - and the cost is how much? It's tiles on a floor..

That after a week of being installed nobody takes any notice of - go in, have a shower, clean their teeth have a dump and go to work

Is it worth it?

Hours of fucking about, happy to do it as long as the numpty living there realises what is potentially involved

Oh yeah I got these tiles cheap in bodgit and quibble 5 metres for £50 quid and it's going to cost £300 to lay them??

I hear it every week "

Cost would probably be no more than the cost for bodging it up but it would last a lot longer! With that attitude why would anyone bother to do anything, I think most people take pride in their home and appreciate a good job. I know my customers do!

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