Tiling Onto A Floating Concrete Floor - Tile Advice

mine123 said:

I would like to have my kitchen and bathroom floor tiled, only thing I can't work out is if the substrate is suitable.
The floors are concrete, a layer of dpm sheeting, polystyrene sheets overlayed with chipboard which has been glued on. A section of the kitchen floor is spongy where there has been some water damage and the chipboard has degraded.

Whilst getting a quote from a plumber to have the bathroom renovated he said the tiling onto the above would be fine using Ditra matting, but another company suggested against it saying there would still be movement.

So my questions are how do I fix the damaged areas and can the floors be tiled?

Thanks,

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Ajax123 said:

nope. Unsuitable in my opinion.

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mine123 said:

Thanks for your reply, looks like its going to be laminate in the kitchen and vinyl in the bathrooms then.

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raythetiler said:

if you want tile look in your kitchen and bathroom my solution would be to lay karndean looks as good if not better than tiles also it is highly flexible well suited to a bouncy floor

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Dan said:

Afraid so.

What's stopping you pulling it all up and redoing it a bit more stable?

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raythetiler said:

if you want tile look in your kitchen and bathroom my solution would be to lay karndean looks as good if not better than tiles also it is highly flexible well suited to a bouncy floor

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Dan said:

Well we cocked that one up for the tile industry

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Dan said:

Well we cocked that one up for the tile industry

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