Hello
First post so first a big thanks to all regular posters - I have a nice new kitchen!
I'm planning on transforming the bathroom (ceramic floor tiles, wall tiles, new sink and bath) and I'm starting with the floor.
A year ago we paid someone to lay a nice ceramic tile floor (amongst other things) in the bathroom. Well, it was nice for a couple of weeks then the grout started crumbling and the tiles came loose. They were tiled directly on to the floorboards and I don't know what adhesive he used (he just rode off in to the sunset).
From reading the sticky thread on tiling it seems I'm going to have to increase the floor level by fastening 12mm WBP ply on top. I'm going to put a load more screws in the floorboards first as they aren't in a great state (Is it worth trying to scrape all the old adhesive off them?).
My two main questions are.....Will this be sufficient to provide a solid base to tile on? Some of the boards are pretty wobbly/bendy.
Due to limited space in the bathroom I won't be able to use 1 large piece of ply but several smaller pieces. Do I have to leave a small gap between the pieces before I screw them to the boards?
Thanks for any help
First post so first a big thanks to all regular posters - I have a nice new kitchen!
I'm planning on transforming the bathroom (ceramic floor tiles, wall tiles, new sink and bath) and I'm starting with the floor.
A year ago we paid someone to lay a nice ceramic tile floor (amongst other things) in the bathroom. Well, it was nice for a couple of weeks then the grout started crumbling and the tiles came loose. They were tiled directly on to the floorboards and I don't know what adhesive he used (he just rode off in to the sunset).
From reading the sticky thread on tiling it seems I'm going to have to increase the floor level by fastening 12mm WBP ply on top. I'm going to put a load more screws in the floorboards first as they aren't in a great state (Is it worth trying to scrape all the old adhesive off them?).
My two main questions are.....Will this be sufficient to provide a solid base to tile on? Some of the boards are pretty wobbly/bendy.
Due to limited space in the bathroom I won't be able to use 1 large piece of ply but several smaller pieces. Do I have to leave a small gap between the pieces before I screw them to the boards?
Thanks for any help