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Ceramic Tiles in Bathroom

Any advice or comments about laying ceramic tiles in an upstairs bathroom would be appreciated.
I did read somewhere not to lay them direct onto the floorboards.
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  • This might help-

    tiling

    and especially this page-

    floor tiling
  • lilac_lady
    lilac_lady Posts: 4,469 Forumite
    They're very cold to stand on in winter!
    " The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

    Plato


  • Have a look a http://www.stickandgo.com Stick & Go Tiles I have used them in my kitchen and they are ace.
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    i usually lay ceramic bathroom tiles onto a sheet of hardboard.
    had no problems at all.
    Get some gorm.
  • BobProperty
    BobProperty Posts: 3,245 Forumite
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    ormus wrote: »
    i usually lay ceramic bathroom tiles onto a sheet of hardboard.
    had no problems at all.
    Hardboard Urgh! 12mm Ply on floorboards, see the link to UHM (that's Ultimate Handy Man - the links weekendwarrior posted)
    A house isn't a home without a cat.
    Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.
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    You told me again you preferred handsome men but for me you would make an exception.
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  • If the floor boards are TandG then you can lay directly on them.

    Guru
  • BobProperty
    BobProperty Posts: 3,245 Forumite
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    tile_guru wrote: »
    If the floor boards are TandG then you can lay directly on them.

    Guru
    I'm curious as to what adhesive you suggest will allow you to do that.

    I'd like to think that my tiling would last a bit longer than 12-24 months before the grout cracks and the tiles come loose. There has been a lot of discussion on various internet building and tiling forums about the subject of preparation before tiling and there is a lot of different opinions even amongst so called professionals.(To the extent that some forums don't talk or link to each other despite being in the same profession) I am siding with people who I know to be professional tilers who do high end domestic and commercial work. I also believe that a number of the people who say things like you can tile direct onto the floor, you only need hardboard, 3mm ply etc have either been lucky or it is a "Porpoise" story. That is, because you never hear the other side of the story you assume one side is true. Neither is it likely that a so-called professional is going to post on a forum something like "You know that job I did a few months back where I said I tiled directly on the floor? The customer has just phoned up saying the grout is cracking."
    I shall now say PVA just to annoy people. :D
    A house isn't a home without a cat.
    Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.
    I have writer's block - I can't begin to tell you about it.
    You told me again you preferred handsome men but for me you would make an exception.
    It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
  • Shambler
    Shambler Posts: 767 Forumite
    I hear that 12mm ply is a minimum requirement but better still use aquaboard.
  • BS 5385 minimum british overlay of ply 15 - 18 mm.

    BAL Fast flex using a solid bed tipped trowel. 2 part flex or epoxy resin grout. 10 year guarantee

    Guru
  • so, thats not laying onto floorboards then
    go on, adopt a greyhound
    http://www.dgrescue.org.uk/
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