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    hi all
    I'm a new tiler and i have a job to tile kitchen floor approx 15 square metres and need advice on preparing floor as not yet come across a floor half concrete half floor board
    floor boards are solid
    concrete level
    but there is a 2mm lip were concrete meets floor boards
    i have some ideas but you guys have the experience
    really appreciate some advice

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    Default Re: half concrete/half floor board

    What meterage do you have on the floor boards
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    Default Re: half concrete/half floor board

    about 6 metre square

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    Default Re: half concrete/half floor board

    Which is higher the concrete or the floorboards
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    Default Re: half concrete/half floor board

    concrete

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    Default Re: half concrete/half floor board

    I've done this but may get hammered for it......

    Primed the floorboards with sbr 3-1 and laid ditra with a spf, which will bring the hight difference up but use a control joint between the 2 different surfaces.

    I've used a decoupling on rigid floorboards which are solid and have not had a problem.

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    Default Re: half concrete/half floor board

    really big thanks for the advise i will check my post again in the morning cheers

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    Default Re: half concrete/half floor board

    the prob with that is . it could crack where the two substrats meet!!!

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    Default Re: half concrete/half floor board

    Shouldn't do if you're starting a full tile/expansion between the two substrates.

    Belts and braces route would be to replace the floorboards with a suitable thickness of ply and decouple the complete area, still breaking over the join.

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