washing machine

[burncross]

i'v got a small kitchen floor to tile -3 m2- with 300 x 300 porc on to a wooden floor, which i'm going to over board with hardibacker.
they want the area under the washing machine tiling, but i'm a bit concerned the grout may crack or tiles may loosen when the machine is bouncing all over the place on full spin!
has any one ever encountered this problem? or am i being over concerned?

[wayne]

as long as you have a solid bed then the tiles will be fine

[Fekin]

Just watch out for height issues with the floor being raised with board\adhesive and tile with the top of the washing machine and under the work top, as I have had to not tile under the washer a couple of times because of this.

[burncross]

i'l watch out for that , cheers

[Dave]

Make sure you washing machine is put back level then it won't rock about....

And as already mentioned a solid bed of adhesive as well.........

good luck......

[whitebeam]

Don't end up doing what a mate of mine did after I put a slate floor down for him, He had to cut the feet off the washing machine to fit

[GatesheadCol]

Also

Something I founbd particularly useful to do when the washing machine goes back in,

Tilt it and spray WD40 or GT85 on the feet of the washing machine, slides in lovely, and it means you dont have to 'walk' it under the worktop..

but yes first point is 100% bed, the WD40 just helps get it in

[Dave]

Also

Something I founbd particularly useful to do when the washing machine goes back in,

Tilt it and spray WD40 or GT85 on the feet of the washing machine, slides in lovely, and it means you dont have to 'walk' it under the worktop..

but yes first point is 100% bed, the WD40 just helps get it in

I have found that slipping a piece of cardboard under each corner helps..then just skid it across and into place...removing the back pieces first then shove it in and then remove front pieces........