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Default Tiling on particle board

Pete Verdon wrote:
John Stumbles wrote:

Unless you're just slapping down some cheap tiles to tart up and sell the
place I'd really, *really* rip up the chipboard and put down at least WBP
ply to tile onto. Water *will* get past your tiles (or more to the point,
grout) and the chipboard *will* swell up and probably bugger up the
tiling.


Granted tiling directly onto chipboard doesn't sound too clever, but
could one not apply a suitable membrane (either just waterproof, or
something clever like Ditra) or boards (Marmox etc)?

Pete


Anything that raises the level of the floor gives you problems at
doorways, wc bowls etc.
I'd go with the sealer. Polyester is cheap and probably waterproof
enough for this application.