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Can you lay hard tiles on top of hardboard?
Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.38 PM
Currently floor is carpeted. Underneath is hardboard tiles presumably to level a concrete floor at the base of a modern house. What are the issues if tiling on top of hardboard What options are there for floor prep before new tiles go down.?
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SH2 LIMITED
Rating: 5 out of 5
Use flexi adhesive for wooden floors you can buy this from B&Q and all other tiling and hardware stores.
Answered31 May 2018
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Anonymous user
Flexible tile adhesive is reccomend if using hardboard as a sub floor
Answered31 May 2018
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DP Tiling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Hi Hardboard ( or high density fibreboard) is not a good subfloor for tiling on, it expands and contracts at different rates to tiles and swells up when it gets wet, it will eventually crack or fail regardless of the tile adhesive and grout used, rip it up and level the concrete with a self levelling compound if necessary.
Answered24 June 2018
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Roseland Decorating Services
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Don't tile onto board. Remove boards and Self level as mentioned above. A decoupling mat (Ditra) would be a good idea too.
Answered3 June 2018
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