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Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:14 pm**

Hi there,
has anyone ever used a product called "no more ply"? A friend advised I use it for my bathroom floor but it's not easy to find...also a bit expensive.
Jaxonian

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:06 pm**

I have never heard of it to be honest

But having just done a google search it appears to be similar to tilebacker board/hardibacker/aquapanel.

Posted: **Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:00 pm**

Unless your creating a wet room plywood is the cheapest method of sorting an unstable floor for tilling

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:44 pm**

cement based backer boards are the same price or there abouts as wbp ply...wbp is imo going out the tiling market shortly to c/b/b/b.. imo more realibile i have had a good few jobs fail because of the wbp being contamimated with oils..an the sticky stuff they put on the ply to stop it sticking together when on top of each other...

Posted: **Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:50 am**

the existing floor is some kind of fibre board. tried to attach a pic but couldn't get it to work. can i tile strait on top of this?

Posted: **Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:51 pm**

jaxonian wrote:tried to attach a pic but couldn't get it to work.

This should help with posting pictures:

how-to-post-pictures-t254.html

dave

Posted: **Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:25 pm**

can i tile directly onto this floor?

Posted: **Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:32 pm**

here's \a second pic. I have flexible adhesive and grout and it's 60 sq/ft.

Posted: **Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:10 pm**

Looks like chipboard.

What type of tiles are you fitting ie-

marble, porcelain

Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:58 am**

they're porcelain and they're 10mm thick and 60cmx30cm, I bought flexible adhesive and grout also. I screwed down the only creak i found. will it need more screwing down do you think? I'd rather not have to put a backer board down but also i'd also i don't want it to crack up either!

Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:25 pm**

screw the exsisting boards to joists "looks like nails" in ur pics....

then u will HAVE to overboard with 18mm wbp ply,no more ply,..or 6mm backerboards..imo 6mm backerboards mate..

prime floor with bal sbr
thinset addy on floor lay 6mm b/boards screw them down leave gap between boards

then tile away
best of

Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:28 pm**

make sure ur addy is suitable for porcelain tiles mate

Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:30 pm**

u could look into ditra matting to mate..

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:48 pm**

Thanks for all your advice. I now have a lovely bathroom floor! Anyone want to see a pic?