Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Feb 04, 2009 7:41 pm Hi everyone
We,re having some tiling done upstairs and have heard that you should put down 10mm hardboard first so that the tiles don,t crack? We,ve also heard from another source that the tiles won,t actually crack but the grout might if you don,t put down the board Our tiler has said that as long as he uses flexible grout that it will be fine,but he won,t actually gaurantee that it won,t crack I was just wondering what other people have done and if they haven,t used the board,have there been any problems? We,re really hoping that we don,t have to put down the board as there will be a bit of a step up from the carpet to the tiling Thanks in advance Mel Building on 9 acres Re: Tiling upstairs? 4Feb 04, 2009 11:34 pm I'm not entirely sure of best practice but if it were me I would 6mm fibro down I reckon... If for no other reason than ease of removing the tiles in years to come when/if required. Re: Tiling upstairs? 5Feb 05, 2009 1:53 pm Thanks Reno
We,ve been on the phone to a few tiling places and they have recommended that we put down a flexible sealer first and fill in any gaps etc. and as long as we use flexible grout then it should be fine.....so guess what my job is tomorrow The tiler is starting on the ground floor tomorrow,so I need to get the 2nd floor prepared for him. DH would do it,but he,s flat out with the grape harvester at the moment. Cheers Mel Building on 9 acres I have a home gym at home. It weights 150KG including the weight stack. I'm a big boy, around 150KG myself. I was thinking about moving it up stairs to the second… 0 6311 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7554 Hi, I'm clearing the tiles from our horrid 50 year old bathroom and preparing to lay new ones. Bugger of a job getting the old… 0 8091 |