Board of choice

[High Peak Tiling]

After a brief conversation with Bubblecraft
I would like your favourite or 1st choice on backer boards for mainly overboarding floors?
I mainly use No More Ply because it's nice and easy to work with and my main supplier stocks it.

 

[White Room]

Hardie for me, never had any problems with it and I can get locally....

 

[Qwerty]

Marmox

 

[Gazzer]

NMP for cement boards, Marmox for insulated boards.

 

[peteablard]

Hardie for me due to availability

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

Hardie for me too.

 

[Lee@emctiles]

NMP for wooden/non UFH floors, PCS for UFH

 

[High Peak Tiling]

NMP for cement boards, Marmox for insulated boards.

Same as Lee, you use a different board for UFH floors.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

NMP for wooden/non UFH floors, PCS for UFH

Would a marmox or pcs insulation board not be used on a ground floor floor boarded floor because of its insulation features? Or is it not meant for overboarding (strengthening) [i haven't used these boards is why I ask]

 

[Lee@emctiles]

Would a marmox or pcs insulation board not be used on a ground floor floor boarded floor because of its insulation features? Or is it not meant for overboarding (strengthening) [i haven't used these boards is why I ask]

Tend to sell PCS/Marmox type boards when UFH is involved for themal properties, NMP when you need to strengthen the floor

 

[Gazzer]

Tend to sell PCS/Marmox type boards when UFH is involved for themal properties, NMP when you need to strengthen the floor

Then we are back to the old question. Does cement boards add strength to a floor ?? Not in my eyes.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Then we are back to the old question. Does cement boards add strength to a floor ?? Not in my eyes.

I think it adds strength in the sense of when cross bonded, it strengthens tension horizontally. In another sense it shouldn't be used to stop deflection but due to its strength integrity it doesn't bounce or move when under foot ( like any floor does, be it however fixed you can sometimes here it creek/ make noise because it moved) so generally strengthens in once sense or another.

It obviously doesn't strengthen the existing floor apart from horizontal stresses.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

small bathroom floors mainly NMP,larger floors I use hardie.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

small bathroom floors mainly NMP,larger floors I use hardie.

Thanks Doug, may I ask why is this?

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Thanks Doug, may I ask why is this?

hardie dimensions are bigger than NMP, not by much, but enough to make handling hardie in a small bathroom more awkward than NMP, that's the only reason tbh.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

hardie dimensions are bigger than NMP, not by much, but enough to make handling hardie in a small bathroom more awkward than NMP, that's the only reason tbh.

Thanks mate, ill keep that in mind.

 

[radim]

aquapanel cement board (sometime hadie when out of stock) but Tile giant start stocking NMP so will giv it a try...

 

[High Peak Tiling]

aquapanel cement board (sometime hadie when out of stock) but Tile giant start stocking NMP so will giv it a try...

I use No More Ply and its great to work with. even fits in my small van!

 

[radim]

I use No More Ply and its great to work with. even fits in my small van!

tbh I dont even know how NMP looks like...brand new material for me..

 

[Gazzer]

tbh I dont even know how NMP looks like...brand new material for me..

Just a cement board.

 

[Rosco100]

Marmox every time

 

[Marksmithtiling]

hardie !!

 

[Peter]

tbh I dont even know how NMP looks like...brand new material for me..

Looks like asbestos.

 

[White Room]

Looks like asbestos.

Thats a dirty word....:ban:

 

[cam_low]

jackoboard as much as possible

 

[tobins tiling]

Hardie for me, I think no more ply is more brittle you have to leave at least an inch round the edge or it breaks

 

[judge]

Hardie for me too :smilewinkgrin:

 

[mike1979]

I used cement boards for the first time a few weeks ago and used knauf 6mm aqua boards on a floor and found them fantastic and I got a really good price on them from travis perkins

 

[tobins tiling]

I used cement boards for the first time a few weeks ago and used knauf 6mm aqua boards on a floor and found them fantastic and I got a really good price on them from travis perkins

How much were they out of Travis mate? They sell the hardie in there for about £13 a sheet

 

[mike1979]

How much were they out of Travis mate? They sell the hardie in there for about £13 a sheet

When I went in they said they stopped doing hardie boards I think originally they were 18 pound a sheet 1200x600 but I said they were too expensive as I could get hardie cheaper in topps tiles so I got them down too £14.75 including vat