Advice Required - Material Spec - Tile Advice

[acaciaguy]

For the british

Apply a gap filling bed of tile adhesive to the subfloor using a 6mm notched trowel.
• Embed HardieBacker® boards with a sliding motion firmly and evenly in the wet tile adhesive.
• Stagger all HardieBacker board joints in a broken bond or brick pattern. Never allow all four corners of boards to meet at one point. Do not align with subfloor joints.

 

[acaciaguy]

Excuse the lack of spaces

 

[Old Mod]

Maybe

You could always just do this ........

@HardieBacker

 

[acaciaguy]

Now you’re just teasing me

 

[Old Mod]

Excuse the lack of spaces

Better?

 

[acaciaguy]

Wonderful. Thank you

 

[Old Mod]

Now you’re just teasing me

No, but I am now!

 

[acaciaguy]

justified.

 

[Old Mod]

Yes and that is justified. Bloody iPhone and me not picking up the corrrect one

Uh huh!

 

[Andy Rhodes]

I personally don't agree that it's a waste of time & money? Okay, Hardiebacker not waterproof but its moisture resistant not like plasterboard which soaks up moisture like a sponge & after time so does the moisture resistant plasterboard. Also, I've stated on more than one occasion I trust Hardiebacker & this is a forum isn't it

 

[acaciaguy]

I think it may have also been the way to use. Should follow manu instructions

 

[One Day]

Hardibacker soaks up water just like a sponge too.
Only it doesn't break down, but it WILL pass that water right through to the timber floor, studs, joist whatever.
Hardibacker is rubbish for wet areas and has no place in modern bathroom construction (in my opinion).

 

[acaciaguy]

I agree. But it can be tanked and used. But better to use another type of board

 

[One Day]

Tanking HB is a waste of time! Might as well tank plasterboard.
Cheaper and easier to install.

 

[acaciaguy]

Tanking HB is a waste of time! Might as well tank plasterboard.
Cheaper and easier to install.

On a floor?