floor or walls first? - TilersForums.com

[starbs]

got a job on at the minute and just want to check... im fitting an en-suite in a loft conversion and the home owner wants me to tile the floor and walls round the bath. Its a floor board type floor I intend laying 6mm ply then tiling when ive done one before ive tiled the floor 1st and then the walls is this the correct way to go or would you do the walls 1st?

cheers in advance

 

[Andy Allen]

Walls then floors and bin the 6mm ply ..

 

[jamespaul]

walls first when ever possible (you don't want to be working on a nice new floor )

12 mm ply or backer board

 

[RDTiling]

BS minimum for ply is 15mm, which basically means you need to use 18mm.

Use a backerboard, glued and screwed instead and you will be fine. Make sure there is no deflection in the floor before you tile.

Have a look at this guide:

http://www.jameshardie.co.uk/images...ent_backerboard_installation_guide_manual.pdf

 

[starbs]

thanks for the info guys I will inform the customer they will have to dig a bit deeper into their pockets for backerboard. Is ply a defo no no? or just that backeboard is the latest technology? I fitted some porcelain floor tiles a good year and a half ago straight onto a plywood floor and theyre still going good

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Hardie is the way forward if the substrate is deflection free and about 3rd more in cost than plywood.
Floor/wall first can be decided on bonding/tile sizes, but if you do the walls first you can leave out the bottom cut till the floor is done.

 

[Rosco100]

Get a hold of 6mm no more ply it's the equivalent of 18mm ply

 

[prceramics]

i tile the walls 1st leaving off the bottom row of tiles, then the floor then put the bottom row in