The board I have has a lux finish (I think this is just sanded one side) this is 15mm thick and under that is 25mm of softwood planked flooring. The osb is secured with screws 75mm at every 20 cm and the osb has been sealed with a water based sealer (like whats used on mdf to seal the edges).
Don’t tile onto OSB, WBP ply only. Never use standard PVA on any tile base, its water soluble & if water/moisture gets to it, it’ll reactivate & your tiles will fail. If you need to prime, use an acrylic tile primer only but in most cases when using powder cement based adhesive (which you must use on floors) it’s not recommended & could affect tile adhesion.
I would advise you read the Tiling Forum sticky & archive posts before you go any further, it may prevent you making disastrous & potentially expensive mistakes.
Thanks for that Richard, will do, I might look at putting laminate flooring down, don't fancy putting yet another subfloor down, might hit my head on the ceiling. Would laminate be ok in the bathroom?
Laminate should be OK as long as it’s suitable for bathrooms. Don’t use solid wood & although engineered wood would fair better, I would not advise any sort of wood floor in a bathroom.
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