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    hi need some help i am tiling a bathroom floor 2mrw which has chipboard the one with green film on it was hoping i could stick ditra to it but i dont think so now any ideas what i can do tiles are 20 mm limestone so dont think i can overlay

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    I'd have gone for 6mm hardiebacker tim, glued and screwed

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    And a decoupling membrane as well for the limestone
    "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"

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    And a decoupling membrane as well for the limestone
    will adhesive stick to chipboard and sould i prime

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    I would use a oxide course sanding paper to rough the surface and prime with sbr, leave to dry then use a spf and screw the hardie to the floor with about 8-10 screws at 25mm from the edges of the boards
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    I would use a oxide course sanding paper to rough the surface and prime with sbr, leave to dry then use a spf and screw the hardie to the floor with about 8-10 screws at 25mm from the edges of the boards
    thanks for that will try and get some hardie today

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    Quote Originally Posted by doug boardley View Post
    I'd have gone for 6mm hardiebacker tim, glued and screwed
    thanks for that think i need to use hardi abit more often

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