Dunlop Tile on Wood - Tile Advice

[john306]

Went into a tile store today looking for bathroom floor tiles, got talking to the bloke there about backer boards prices onto my T&G wood floor, he said just use Dunlop Tile on Wood adhesive straight onto the floorboards.
Anyone had any experience of this product?
Tile on Wood
I'm a bit dubious to say the least after having read loads on this forum.
Thanks

 

[Andy Allen]

all in one, ready mixed adhesive and grout, to tile onto t&g floorboards....

mite as well just use blue tac...

 

[prceramics]

does it come with a guarantee ?

 

[Ian]

Not something I'd consider using, even on a deflection free floor.

 

[DHTiling]

Hi..

Please do not use that garbage.. it takes for ever to go off and IMO is useless..

Stick tot he advice you have read via the forum and then use a suitable S1 / S2 adhesive.. not a dispersion tubbed gimmick.

 

[AJPlumbing]

It's interesting that BAL allow Dunlop to make and market this sort of adhesive. Personally it undermines my confidence in BAL... The Company | Dunlop Adhesives

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

YES i used it years ago and it gave me a nightmare :yikes: i ended up ripping it all -up and starting again at my cost , don't go near it

 

[John Benton]

does it come with a guarantee ?

Nope, if you want a guarantee, buy a toaster :lol:

 

[Andy Allen]

how about the bal 25 yr garantee, they garantee to spend 25yrs telling you its your fault and not theres...

 

[Peter]

At the very least, you'd need a 2 part flexible adhesive on a completely rigid floor, but it's more economical to overboard anyway.

Regarding the readymixed 'adhesivee & grout', there are many stories of it taking days and weeks to set. What makes me laugh is that it's usually about 3 times the price of twice the amount of good quality adhesive :lol:

 

[andyb1]

stay well clear and do it properly!

 

[Ben Brooks]

never tile straight onto wood especially a bathroom !
used hardibacker on top of the old floorboards then tile on top of that with bale adhesive or topps own rapid set adhesive

 

[Ben Brooks]

flexible adhesive it must be

 

[Dan]

I'm a fan of fastflex I think it's a brilliant product. I used to say you could tile curtains with it if you wanted to and it'd stick just fine and they'd still open and close. Very very flexible and never debonds (people know that who have tried to get tiles up that have been fixed using it). Very expensive though as BAL have the rights to use the rubber crumb and nobody else does (as far as I am aware - or have been told).

I saw another one of these tubbed adhesives and thought they'd be just as cool to use. Far far far from it! And to be honest at the time I think they were marketing it (not sure who's it was I used it wasn't dunlops) as a competitor to fastflex so it was very expensive also. I think it would have to have come back down in price now. And you never hear of people using it off tilersforums.com so I don't think it's taken off too well overall.

 

[Gazzer]

I'm a fan of fastflex I think it's a brilliant product. I used to say you could tile curtains with it if you wanted to and it'd stick just fine and they'd still open and close. Very very flexible and never debonds (people know that who have tried to get tiles up that have been fixed using it). Very expensive though as BAL have the rights to use the rubber crumb and nobody else does (as far as I am aware - or have been told).

I saw another one of these tubbed adhesives and thought they'd be just as cool to use. Far far far from it! And to be honest at the time I think they were marketing it (not sure who's it was I used it wasn't dunlops) as a competitor to fastflex so it was very expensive also. I think it would have to have come back down in price now. And you never hear of people using it off tilersforums.com so I don't think it's taken off too well overall.

Plenty of similar products about .