ceramic mosaic tiles on bathroom floor

[j.sinclair7]

Can these tiles be put down on bathroom floor and r they hardwaring ? never done this sort of tile on the floor before and need some advice plz
It s on floor boards and the customer wants white grout(thought this would stain badly) Ive seen this done in wetroom etc but bathroom floors ?????
thx in advance guys

[david campbell]

yes they can,i would probably use a grout sealer also if you are using white grout,try and talk customer into ivory if you can,i have white grout in a property of mine and it's still good after 4 years

[j.sinclair7]

chrs david would the grout not loosen thro time or am i just being silly just think its just all grout and also wot kind of sealer do u recomend for glazed mosiac plz

[david campbell]

use flexible grout!
the sealer is for the grout not the tiles

[j.sinclair7]

ok m8 can u advise me on sealer and grout plz does mapei do the grout colours??

[timeless john]

Can these tiles be put down on bathroom floor and r they hardwaring ? never done this sort of tile on the floor before and need some advice plz
It s on floor boards and the customer wants white grout(thought this would stain badly) Ive seen this done in wetroom etc but bathroom floors ?????
thx in advance guys

What preparation are you doing to the floorboards?

[faithhealer]

The mapei 'ivory' name is Jasmine

[j.sinclair7]

Hi timeless john I was going to plywood the floorboards with 10mm the apply adhesive

[united]

Hi timeless john I was going to plywood the floorboards with 10mm the apply adhesive

Not to put your prep down but British standard states a min of 15mm ply for overboarding

If the floor is secure and no deflection I would be tempted to use hardi or NMP

[whitebeam]

The floor needs to spot on for mosaic.....

I would use 6mm hardie backer

[j.sinclair7]

thx guys the floorboards r brand new so do u think 10-12mm ply would do???

[timeless john]

12mm plywood has now been replaced with 15mm minimum for British Standard.
The issue I have with modern plywoods is the moisture content/shrinkage in fitting and thus the possibility of cracking.
If your floorboards are well braced and show NO sign of deflection, go down the route of 6mm tile backer boards.
We've come a long way since building paper/chicken wire/sand-cement and this product is real progress!