How do you level a chipboard floor for tile?

Pack the joists level with plenty of plastic packers (stick them on with hot melt glue or gripfill) and then screw down 18 or 25 plywood really well. Use a strip of thin plywood to make up the bit by the problem wall, packed level and gripfilled and screwed in place. Boom a nice level floor without getting wet!

Can you pour self leveler over particleboard?

As mentioned above, particle boards are not a approved subfloor material for your flooring, not solid enough. The product will swell and crumble once it gets wet. Don’t waste your time and money applying the feather finish over particle board. It will crack and crumble.

Can I screed over chipboard?

If you go on to level flex website it tells you it can be used over chipboard. I’ve never had a problem when I’ve screeded the odd ensuite/bathroom.

Can you plane chipboard flooring?

You can plane the edges of chipboard with one or more types of hand plane, but the glue in chipboard is extremely hard and very abrasive to cutting edges so with most plane irons you have to stop frequently to resharpen, making the process very slow and difficult to rely on even to shave off a small amount every now …

What is an embossing leveler?

As an embossing leveler, it is designed to fill the very subtle nooks and crannies of embossed vinyl tiles or sheet vinyl. It is also excellent for filing the shallow faux-grout grid of tiles whose edges are chamfered to give the impression of grout.

Do I need to prime chipboard before tiling?

The surface of the timber should be primed with undiluted Prime Bond which should be allowed to dry (priming of chipboard is not necessary). Chipboard which has a wax coating is not suitable to receive a direct tiled finish.

Can you tile on top of chipboard flooring?

If your floor doesn’t have excessive movement, you may tile directly onto the floor using Granfix Ultimateflex. This very flexible adhesive will stick to chipboard and will absorb the floor’s movements. Fix your tiles using Granfix Ultimateflex adhesive.

Can you latex a floating floor?

2 Answers from MyBuilder Flooring Fitters Use a subliner dry sealing mat between the floor boards and self leveling compound which should be of the flexible (latex) type. The self leveling compound is very wet when applied, so definitely a thoroughly good sealing proceedure is needed.

Can you use a planer on particle board?

I would try a hand held electric planer. Far easier to remove lots of material vs using a sander. The sander will work, but of course it will be super dusty and take much longer. I’m not a huge fan of sanding on particle board, all that glue and resin dust in addition to the regular wood in can’t be very healthy.