Tiling Onto Floorboards - Tile Advice

[Stratplus]

Hi all,
I want to tile a hall/kitchen floor. Carpet has been removed to now the area is tongue and groove floorboards. What do you guys do in this situation? Screw cement boards down or 6mm ply?

 

[J Sid]

If the floor is deflection free, screw floor boards down the follow instructions
http://www.jameshardie.co.uk/images...ent_backerboard_installation_guide_manual.pdf
Never ply

 

[Stratplus]

If the floor is deflection free, screw floor boards down the follow instructions
http://www.jameshardie.co.uk/images...ent_backerboard_installation_guide_manual.pdf
Never ply

Thank you for the link! Much appreciated.

 

[One Day]

Never ply, unless 15mm and to EN636 class 3.

 

[Unused Account 1]

Impish is right but i used ply for ten years never had one problem

 

[bcd-87]

Never ply, unless 15mm and to EN636 class 3.

Why can't we use ply anymore ?

 

[Flintstone]

Because the modern tile backer board companies say so

 

[Just Rizzle]

in the early 80,s we would cover the floor with chicken wire and staple down mesh then screed over and bed the tiles in a slurry cement it worked a dream .
30 yrs on today we use cement fiber boards or ditra matting or wedi boards .

 

[John Benton]

in the early 80,s we would cover the floor with chicken wire and staple down mesh then screed over and bed the tiles in a slurry cement it worked a dream .
30 yrs on today we use cement fiber boards or ditra matting or wedi boards .

Removed a floor like this in Saxton last year Ray. It was tiled onto chipboard and survived a flood under 1ft of water. Was solid but once I got the first tile out the rest came up a treat just took ages to scrape the remnants of addy off the floor

 

[One Day]

There is some brilliant technology as far as materials are concerned, particularly with waterproofing. But honestly guys, there's a lot of marketing kidology. One of the downsides is a loss of common sense and thinking for ourselves.

 

[White Room]

in the early 80,s we would cover the floor with chicken wire and staple down mesh then screed over and bed the tiles in a slurry cement it worked a dream .
30 yrs on today we use cement fiber boards or ditra matting or wedi boards .

Move on, we used sand/cement and siraphite finish over 30 years ago on the plastering side of things but now not in use and dry linning I first saw in 73...I'm happy to use the new ideas.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

At my age I just love this new technology.
Everything is so easy, great products around like Hardie to stop all that shrinkage in modern plywood and think of all the forests it'll save.
Sometimes I wish I was a good DIYer !

 

[Flintstone]

I wouldn't tile over thin 6mm ply these days but I have done in years gone by and for many many years before that people did, it's what I was thought to do. I'm sure some failed but I'm sure a lot didn't. Some people on here are a bit Ott in my opinion.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Ott!!- we are just tiling to British standards.
Only a numpty would tile on 6mm plywood and admit it.
That's it - I feel better now.

 

[Flintstone]

I wouldn't tile on 6mm ply these days. but I'm sure a lot of people have in the past if they have been tiling for some years.