How difficult is tiling a floor?

psd99 · 5 Aug 2022 at 22:10

Hi, I have put shelves up, extended lighting circuits, painted for over 500 hours, installed taps, installed sockets, drilled over 200 holes in various materials yet never have I attempted tiling.

It is for a bathroom floor, got this rubbish white laminate flooring there and it is difficult to keep clean

I was considering to rip it all out and put some decent tiles down
Any hints or tips on this? Is there something I need to put down on the floor underneath the tiles? Typical Floorboards under there

psd99 · 5 Aug 2022 at 22:23

Some predicaments I forgot to mention are:

- the toilet
- the sink

Likely they need to be removed
The sink is ok but the toilet is crap
Might be a good time to change that over as it is only a 6 litre cistern and it has a slight leak under the waste pipe
They did such a crap job i will
Need to fix this alll up with the right connectors etc. man these builders took short cuts, the top half of my external waste is still metal the bottom is now plastic. Prob should replace it all

Think I could prob sort that out myself but i dont want to mess about with the sink too much

psd99 · 5 Aug 2022 at 22:26

kindai said:
Easy enough, just take your time and starting with as level as possible base makes it much easier.

Thanks what would u reccomend underneath the tiles? Some type of plaster board thing or not

psd99 · 6 Aug 2022 at 22:19

thanks hardibacker
Dont know what is is
But i was sure i need something otherwise them tiles will move for sur

psd99 · 7 Aug 2022 at 11:13

Valid points and it is the height of the floor that does worry me
Last thing id want is a step up on to the bathroom floor

I was just considering this
The current floor is basically water proof laminate flooring but a PITA to clean, the toilet is an annoying 6 litre cistern that you gotta flash twice to clear the logs lol

Plus the downpipe outside is cast iron upwards and plastic downwards
I was thinking about replacing all of these things but it is not immediate rush

psd99 · 8 Aug 2022 at 08:33

How does one know which mm ply to use, and is this the plaster board?

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I think my other bathroom (which is still a pretty decent finish) has floorboards and then some type of plaster board like above
I dont remember a ply being applied but guess it can only help me.