Will be laying ceramic tiles shortyly.

Found a local builders merchant (www.buttle.biz) and want to make sure
I get a fair price for this plywood together with some other stuff I
need.

I plan on laying the plywood over the existing floorboards in the
kitchen. I seem to recall I need exterior plywood ?

Trouble is, if I use 22mm with the thickness of the tiles I am worried
about it looking out of place butting against laminate flooring. What
are my options here ?

I didn't DIY this, but the tiler used stuff that was much thinner than
22mm for us, maybe half this, although I guess the eveness of the floor
would be a factor.

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Will be laying ceramic tiles shortyly.

Found a local builders merchant (www.buttle.biz) and want to make sure
I get a fair price for this plywood together with some other stuff I
need.

I plan on laying the plywood over the existing floorboards in the
kitchen. I seem to recall I need exterior plywood ?

Trouble is, if I use 22mm with the thickness of the tiles I am worried
about it looking out of place butting against laminate flooring. What
are my options here ?

Our upstairs tiles were laid on far thinner plywood - perhaps even as thin
as 5-6mm.

paul

wrote:

I plan on laying the plywood over the existing floorboards in the
kitchen. I seem to recall I need exterior plywood ?

WBP plywood is what you need.

Trouble is, if I use 22mm with the thickness of the tiles I am worried
about it looking out of place butting against laminate flooring. What
are my options here ?

If you are laying it over existing boards then you don't need anything
like 22mm. If the floorboards are reasonably thick and solid you could
get away with 6mm (1/4"), but in most cases I would recommend 9mm (3/8").


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Cheers,

John.

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Great that's very helpful.

Thanks John & Paul

John Rumm wrote:
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I plan on laying the plywood over the existing floorboards in the
kitchen. I seem to recall I need exterior plywood ?


WBP plywood is what you need.

Trouble is, if I use 22mm with the thickness of the tiles I am worried
about it looking out of place butting against laminate flooring. What
are my options here ?


If you are laying it over existing boards then you don't need anything
like 22mm. If the floorboards are reasonably thick and solid you could
get away with 6mm (1/4"), but in most cases I would recommend 9mm (3/8").

I'd agree with 9mm.
Nobody seems to have mentioned it yet, but how is the plywood to
be fastened to the floor? It's really important that it doesn't
move, or else it makes an annoying noise when you walk on it, and
once the tiles are on, it can't be fixed.
I was told to use lots of glue plus nails or staples every 100
mm. But that was 20 years ago. Maybe there's a better way now.

Nick wrote:

I'd agree with 9mm.
Nobody seems to have mentioned it yet, but how is the plywood to be
fastened to the floor? It's really important that it doesn't move, or
else it makes an annoying noise when you walk on it, and once the tiles
are on, it can't be fixed.

Yes good point. Last one I did I screwed it on a matrix between 6 and 8"
- making sure the screw heads were all flush with/under the surface.

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Cheers,

John.

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Trouble is, if I use 22mm with the thickness of the tiles I am worried
about it looking out of place butting against laminate flooring. What
are my options here ?

Use a short piece of chamferred skirting as a joining strip. Chisel to
shape, as needed.

Christian.