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View Poll Results: Ply or Backerboard..?

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  • OTHER....( please say wot..)

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    Default PLY or BACKER-BOARD

    Hi...I would just like what you prefer using on floors....Ply or Backerboards...



    p.s. don't forget to vote..

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    Default Re: PLY or BACKER-BOARD

    Backerboards.

    Never used ply.

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    Given the choice, I prefer to use BAL 2 part fast flex.

    If the floors are really knackered then 18mm ply and fast flex!

    I use backer-boards but only occasionally and more often on walls.

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    Default Re: PLY or BACKER-BOARD

    always used to use ply now 10 mm Backerboard he he

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    Backerboard for me, far more stable and won't be affected by moisure unlike plywood.

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    backerboard not used ply yet..

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    Never used Backerboard

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    9mm no more ply all the time for me.

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    Default Re: PLY or BACKER-BOARD

    Backerboard, only ever used ply once.
    Varley

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    Default Re: PLY or BACKER-BOARD

    Quote Originally Posted by GazTech View Post
    Backerboard for me, far more stable and won't be affected by moisure unlike plywood.
    , backerboards.

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    backer boards for me too!

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    Default Re: PLY or BACKER-BOARD

    Definitely backer boards for me

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