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15mm is right. you can use a 6mm backer board instead though. do a search for no more ply trade

well basically the bigger the tile, the harder the job will be because you can't work the tiles as much. A 4mm lip in the the middle of the wall will cause you some fun either way. Building the adhesive out is possible, but even with a 10mm trowel the adhesive will squash down to around 4mm...

What size tiles are you using?

AdamCH is right but 50mm is a big old drop - can't imagine it'll look right once the skirting etc is on. Let me know if you need some help with calcs re: how many bags.

granfix fibreflex 50 will let you go up to 50mm straight out of the bag, but you'll get through quite a few bags

In general the large DIY chains will be aiming at the pile em high sell em cheap type market and in general you do get what you pay for. Topps in general sell good quality products but are expensive. Your local stores should be a happy medium and are well worth a visit. Have a good look about...

both lithofin and hg are good products, but you aren't applying it in quite the right way. They are both impregnating sealers, you apply them using a cloth\sponge roller as you have done and let the tile soak in as much as it can take, then you must wipe the excess off and not let it dry on the...

Hi there, No need for matting, that is to protect against lateral movement and wont help with bounce. As long as the bounce in the floor has been minimised then you can fix them using a single part flexible adhesive straight onto the ply and then grout with a flexi grout. 18mm ply sounds...

good approach. Basically pva has been used for years, but newer adhesives aren't suitable for its use. Even very good tilers stick to tried and trusted methods and the logic 'its never failed before' is a hard one to change. You have done the right thing though

10% is a good guide. just to comment on the choice - high gloss black will look great - for about 5 minutes :-) you will see every speck of dust, every smear, watermark you name it - especially if you have downlighters. Consider something with a very slight variation in the finish - for...

Good thing i asked for a photo. Those are ceramics. As long as they are solid and you can stand the increase in floor height then you can tile over them. use a 1 part flexible tile adhesive such as granfix fastset flexible. no need for a slurry coat and no worries about asbestos

sounds like vinyl tiles - a photo might well help. If i'm right they will be 2-3mm thick, and stuck down with a horrible brown tacky stuff at about 1mm thick. If they are vinyl, sugar soap them to clean off old gunge and let them dry well, then use a slurry coat before tiling with a 1 part...

Yep, 2 things in play here, the first is the movement, anhydryite is gypsum based so it expands a lot and quickly, secondly cement based adhesives react with gypsum based ones and you need a seperation. Turn the heating off, remove the loose chalky stuff (may already have gone) and make sure...

You should be - tiling onto bonding is a no-no. Tiling onto the sand\cement base would be fine.

although actually, the best spec is to use a backer-board. no need to tank then.

You should tank it, many don't but then many have problems. Site specs often cut it out because of costs, but if (and when) water gets behind the tiles, the pb will fall apart. Lots get away with it because the shower head isn't facing the tiled area. Priming won't make the PB stand up...

adamch is right about the ditra. no need in a lot of cases except to deal with lateral movement. From what i can see, overboarding the ply with cement board and using a single part flexi adhesive would be ample. floor in general looks very well supported compared to most

Hi There, backerboard can be used onto timber frame or solid walls, no need to tank, just tape the joints. Tanking is used instead of backerboard in order to create a waterproof background. With those size tiles you should be fine with tanked plaster and tiling onto that

Hello, if you already have plaster, then tanking it will be fine. What type\size of tile are you fitting?

Looks good well done