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Kitchen floor tile height and flooring choice

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:40 pm
by lagi
Can somebody give me a rough height that adding kitchen floor tiles (the most common size) and adhesive adds to a floor?

Also i am laying a new floor to stick these on. T/G m/r chipboard or wbp ply, the first being preference as easier for me to collect and any left over i can use elsewhere. Any problems with using this???

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:08 am
by ultimatehandyman
It depends what tiles you are using. Some natural stone tiles are much thicker than porcelain tiles.

If there is already a wooden floor down you can rip it up and replace it with 25mm WBP if you are concerned about the height of the new floor.

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:08 am
by lagi
There are floorboards down which i shall be removing but i can only put back down 18mm. As i don't have the height at the end of the room. So its either ply or t/g chipboard.

I thought the chipboard will be easiest to lay down on the joists.

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:40 pm
by Only-Me
Ply is better........more stable.

Assuming your talking of your average tile..........which can be around 8mm-10mm. Then cement.....6mm-8mm

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