Dunlop Tile on Wood

[john306]

Went into a tile store today looking for bathroom floor tiles, got talking to the bloke there about backer boards prices onto my T&G wood floor, he said just use Dunlop Tile on Wood adhesive straight onto the floorboards.
Anyone had any experience of this product?
Tile on Wood
I'm a bit dubious to say the least after having read loads on this forum.
Thanks

 

[Andy Allen]

all in one, ready mixed adhesive and grout, to tile onto t&g floorboards....

mite as well just use blue tac...

 

[prceramics]

does it come with a guarantee ?

 

[Ian]

Not something I'd consider using, even on a deflection free floor.

 

[DHTiling]

Hi..

Please do not use that garbage.. it takes for ever to go off and IMO is useless..

Stick tot he advice you have read via the forum and then use a suitable S1 / S2 adhesive.. not a dispersion tubbed gimmick.

 

[AJPlumbing]

It's interesting that BAL allow Dunlop to make and market this sort of adhesive. Personally it undermines my confidence in BAL... The Company | Dunlop Adhesives

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

YES i used it years ago and it gave me a nightmare :yikes: i ended up ripping it all -up and starting again at my cost , don't go near it

 

[John Benton]

does it come with a guarantee ?

Nope, if you want a guarantee, buy a toaster :lol:

 

[Andy Allen]

how about the bal 25 yr garantee, they garantee to spend 25yrs telling you its your fault and not theres...

 

[Peter]

At the very least, you'd need a 2 part flexible adhesive on a completely rigid floor, but it's more economical to overboard anyway.

Regarding the readymixed 'adhesivee & grout', there are many stories of it taking days and weeks to set. What makes me laugh is that it's usually about 3 times the price of twice the amount of good quality adhesive :lol:

 

[andyb1]

stay well clear and do it properly!

 

[Ben Brooks]

never tile straight onto wood especially a bathroom !
used hardibacker on top of the old floorboards then tile on top of that with bale adhesive or topps own rapid set adhesive

 

[Ben Brooks]

flexible adhesive it must be

 

[Dan]

I'm a fan of fastflex I think it's a brilliant product. I used to say you could tile curtains with it if you wanted to and it'd stick just fine and they'd still open and close. Very very flexible and never debonds (people know that who have tried to get tiles up that have been fixed using it). Very expensive though as BAL have the rights to use the rubber crumb and nobody else does (as far as I am aware - or have been told).

I saw another one of these tubbed adhesives and thought they'd be just as cool to use. Far far far from it! And to be honest at the time I think they were marketing it (not sure who's it was I used it wasn't dunlops) as a competitor to fastflex so it was very expensive also. I think it would have to have come back down in price now. And you never hear of people using it off tilersforums.com so I don't think it's taken off too well overall.

 

[Gazzer]

I'm a fan of fastflex I think it's a brilliant product. I used to say you could tile curtains with it if you wanted to and it'd stick just fine and they'd still open and close. Very very flexible and never debonds (people know that who have tried to get tiles up that have been fixed using it). Very expensive though as BAL have the rights to use the rubber crumb and nobody else does (as far as I am aware - or have been told).

I saw another one of these tubbed adhesives and thought they'd be just as cool to use. Far far far from it! And to be honest at the time I think they were marketing it (not sure who's it was I used it wasn't dunlops) as a competitor to fastflex so it was very expensive also. I think it would have to have come back down in price now. And you never hear of people using it off tilersforums.com so I don't think it's taken off too well overall.

Plenty of similar products about .

 

[Dan]

I think it was Webber, do webber do one too? Trying to remember why I would have had some as we used to only use BAL. Might have been bought into the training centre at PITT back in the day. We certainly wouldn't have bought it though I don't think.

 

[DHTiling]

Just as good IMO and a damn site less cost wise.. MAPEI adhesives sealants chemical products for construction

 

[Gazzer]

This is what my local supplier sells, I dont use it personally but have done in the past.
Bostik Bostik 2 Part Flexible - Flexible two part adhesive system incorporating lightweight rubber crumb

 

[bugs183]

Profix sell a version of 2 part fastflex too, seems just the same, but cheaper.
The two part fasrflex used to be brilliant, but i don't rate the single part as highly, i think it's a weaker adhesive than the two part

 

[Peter]

Use the Biscem/Bostik and Profix rubber crumb regularly and rate them very highly. Costs the same as two bags of S1 but worth it's weight in gold. The only bad thing is that it doesn't come in white.

 

[robinf147]

I've just tiled my bathroom floor using this product and I must say I have had no problems with it. I was putting down 450mm x 450mm ceramic tiles over an area of 4 sqm. There was no deflection in the floor and it was overlaid using 6mm marine ply and screwed down every 20cms. It was a two part adhesive where you just mix the powder to the water and stir with a stick. I mixed enough for 2 sqm because it says on the container that it starts to go off in 20mins, however you do get longer than that at least 40mins. I mixed the other half and completed the job no problems at all. This stuff has worked great for me and it cost £44 for one tub but well worth it. I am quite new to tiling and was getting bogged down with all the different information that was available to me. I would use this stuff again as it worked for me.
Rob