Resolve this on going debate

[Sir Ramic]

You are asked to tile 4 floors in 2 houses. The houses are identical. Each house has a ground floor bathroom with separate shower tray, the floor is screed. the 1st floor bathroom is identical except the floor is wooden (Ply) of sound construction and is free from deflection. Both floors in house one will be having Electric UFH. House 2 is identical apart from there being no UFH.

You have a choice of Cement tile backer board or Marmox type boards. Price of materials is not the issue. None of the rooms are classed as wetrooms.

So which would you use and give reasons.

[tfs]

I would choose marmox boards as I would expect this to have better insulation values

[doug boardley]

same as tfs, for same reason.

[jay]

Cement sheet (cant get the other over here)

[hillhead]

Marmox hard to get over here too, lol.
Money no issue Neale then go for best you know and have used.

[Colour Republic]

Marmot in house 1, and cement boards in house 2 upstairs, nothing downstairs.

Or are you trying to insulate the ground floor of house 2?

[Sir Ramic]

Just trying to clear an issue up

[Sir Ramic]

Rob can I ask why you wouldn't use marmox throughout ?

[Colour Republic]

In reality I probably would.

But there are other issues I would take into account. What other floor coverings are they meeting and what is the height of those. Are there any cost issues (Although using one system may mean less wastage so therefore cheaper). You could go straight on to screed in house 2 but then marmox would add some insulation so not cold underfoot. Is the UFH in house 1 the primary source of heat on secondary? What type of tiles are they?


If you took house 1 (UFH) out of it, would you use any sort of backer board? Depends on how happy you are to tile to ply I suppose.

[jay]

ummmm you are only talking using either over the timber floors only .if not that rules out cement sheet as its not recommended over concrete

[peteablard]

Marmox for me!

[Sir Ramic]

ummmm you are only talking using either over the timber floors only .if not that rules out cement sheet as its not recommended over concrete

It is over here, well No More Ply do.

[deanotile]

Wedi / Marmox *for me

[jay]

It is over here, well No More Ply do.

not Hardie

[blocko]

Marmox for both......
- Better Insulating properties
- Lighter to carry (saves your energy, back and fuel!!)
- Easy to cut
- Less mess
- Can re-use offcuts in other house
- Easier to fit

[Stewart]

Marmox for both if budget is no problem.....


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[davemul]

Marmox gets my vote too.... make sure you have a BIG box of stanley blades on order too, mine seemed to last one cut per edge!

So easy to work with.

Hardibacker boards were a pain in the poverbial in contrast

[blocko]

Marmox gets my vote too.... make sure you have a BIG box of stanley blades on order too, mine seemed to last one cut per edge!

Really!!?? Crikey dave, i use irwin blades and can make one blade last a whole job!

[Sir Ramic]

No problems with blades here either.

[davemul]

Must be my soft southern shandy drinking blades!

[Sir Ramic]

Must be my soft southern shandy drinking blades!

Yup that would be it.