Tiling cloakroom floor made of chipboard

[Cenci]

Ok I appreciate that this question has been as,ed alot of times before but there's so much conflicting answers

I simply want to tile onto a chipboard floor, which will be heavily screwed.

It's only about 2m2, do I really have to overboard?

If so is hardboard the best bet or ply, and if I use ply do I have to prime before tiling too it

All help appreciated.

 

[tpt]

http://www.tradepricetiles.co.uk/blog/tiling-on-chipboard-floor/

 

[JohnD]

this is November 5th, the one day on the year when chipboard can serve a useful purpose.

18mm or 22mm WBP ply makes a much better floor.

 

[tpt]

your not wrong, but it doesnt even burn well!

in fairness though, the amount of deflection on a 2m2 floor is likely to be tiny, and cloakrooms arent wet areas so OP could well get away with it.

 

[Cenci]

Ha love the nov 5th joke, this is the first modern house I've lived in and it's chipboard and plasterboard everywhere!

Could I get away with 12mm ply, and what do I need to do to the surface so I can tile onto it?

Is that hardibacker stuff no good then, as that's only 6mm thick

Cheers

 

[Cenci]

As tpt said its a small cloakroom so shall I just get some rapid set adhesive and go for it

Would save me a load of time and money if I can tile straight on.

Would you recommend any type of tile as well I.e ceramic or porcelain over a natural stone which I would imagine more likely to crack

 

[tpt]

honestly, read the article if you haven't already. Ideally overboard it with a backer-board, then use a flexi adhesive (s1). If the floor is solid with little flex get yourself an S2+ adhesive such as granfix ultimate-flex and tile straight on. if its green chip sand it to get the wax coating keyed first.

12mm ply will be fine on that area, but 6mm backer-board like no more ply is cheaper and easier to handle - its equivalent to 12mm ply.

 

[jctilingservices]

overboard wiith 6mm hardiebacker, use a good single part flexi adhesive and flexi grout then bobs ya uncle, provided that ya chipboard is well secured to begin with

 

[Cenci]

Ok gonna go for the hardibacker, screwed down. Take it I use same tile flexi adhesive underneath backer board?

Hopefully that should be ok, cheers for the advice

 

[jctilingservices]

Ok gonna go for the hardibacker, screwed down. Take it I use same tile flexi adhesive underneath backer board?

Hopefully that should be ok, cheers for the advice

yes mate, a flexi addy then screw down, although hardie recommend the use of a polyurthane glue a flexi addy will suffice

 

[Cenci]

Nice one, have access to most the usual stores, selco, bNq, homebase etc, cayou recommend the best value for money I.e cheapest from there. Had a look at that bal stuff in tops tiles seems alot of money for a small area

Cheers

 

[jctilingservices]

Nice one, have access to most the usual stores, selco, bNq, homebase etc, cayou recommend the best value for money I.e cheapest from there. Had a look at that bal stuff in tops tiles seems alot of money for a small area

Cheers

if you have a Topps tiles near you, you can purchase 6mm hardie bcker boards from them and also buy a couple of bags of topfix flexi at £11. B&Q here in tyne and wear have bags of dunlop flexi addy at £8.00 per 20kg bag, that would do you.
In my opinion BAL is the best available or Mapie
hope this helps you

 

[Cenci]

Yeah helps alot, got a bNq near by and I think also seen the Dunlop stuff in selco so will prob use that cheers

 

[jctilingservices]

Yeah helps alot, got a bNq near by and I think also seen the Dunlop stuff in selco so will prob use that cheers

Lets know how you get on mate