How to Install Cement or Backer Board to a Bathroom Floor

Whstvis tge 3mm gap for, expansion?

Hi, I watch your videos with interest. They are very educational and informative. I have a question please. can you tell me how much CURRENT a typical washing machine drowes from the socket? In other words how many AMP a typical washing machine drowes from the socks that is connected to? I would be very grateful.

Brill video. Just wished you spent a few minutes talking about under the backer board. So explaining what wood you used, etc.

Hi Stu, great video with exactly the content I have been looking for as I am attempting to renovate my bathroom myself. And as you state "can be done by your average diyer", believe me mate, with reno work I really am average ha ha ! Cheers from Australia

Do you screw the boards down when thr adhesive is wet ?or is it done afterwards to prevent it getting low spots where you screw?

is this advised to use on a wooden floor

Do the boards needs to run perpendicular to the floor joists or subfloor?

Hard on them knees !

Would you lay cement board under a bathtub or would you do something else?
(Would you tile under a bathtub? Would the weight and movement of the bathtub damage the board?)

Great video thnk u. Very helpful and great instructions 👍

Brilliant, very helpful. Thanks for sharing!

Catchy music too

Thank you so much for this, your channel has taught me such a lot. I am currently working my way though a recently purchased house righting all of the DIY wrongs committed by the previous owner, thanks again.

If your original floor slopes, should you try to level it with the backer board adhesive.

Good video but unnecessary music

Great video. Would these be suitable to fit on top of traditional floor boards? i.e. the blank style floor boards? Would the process be exactly the same? Thanks.

Hi Stuart , great video as always! BTW did you know some of your video clips are shown on the voltmox adverts.. you may know already, but thought I’d mention in case they had pinched your content. All the best Rob

Did you realise that your video is being used by voltmox to sell a rubbish device that is supposed to save you a fortune on your electricity bill regards Jeff a subscriber

Great video !!! thanks !!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😇😇😇😇😇

Do you know you are being used on a advertisement for Voltmox? It has you down as the inventor of a device to save money on your electricity bill.

Ist class info thank you. A wee quickie. The previous occupier of my address built a 16 ft x8ft workshop out of this stuff. Warerproof but i put my foot through it one day that's when i found out what it was . Happy Days 😂

Nice Job Stuart - could these boards also be used on walls, after old tiles removed and saves on re-plastering? Thanks again x

No comments for this episode, BUT you have been used, along with Big Clive, on an advert for some scammers site selling rubbish.

The usual, some developers in the UK have cut the price of………
It makes kinda interesting watching, when I look back at other comparable adverts.

Now I’ll enjoy this episode…….

Great video and guidance, and lovely background tunes lol

The proper tungsten scorer is much much better than a utility knife. You can get a circular saw blade for these that only has 4 teeth on the whole blade, at the 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock positions, to keep the dust down. Gives a very clean cut...

I've got to do my bathroom, but I've been looking at the Element boards.

Hi Stu, Just saw you in an advert for a very imaginative electricity saving device... did you know?

Id like to use that system however i do have pipework underneath .whichever way you lay it , it would be a ball ache getting it up again . Bice job all the same

Nice work Stuart, and you managed to keep your clothes fairly black too ! 😉😁
I fitted some of this in our shower cubicle when the plaster board fitted by the builders failed, a fiddly job to retro-fit as a little thicker than the plasterboard so had to trim all the salvages tiles by 3-4mm ! I gather you can "waterproof" normal plaster board, but from my experience I would always choose cement board anyway.

Stuart, you make this all look very easy! To me, that's the sign of a true craftsman!

Hi Stuart, Once again a brilliant and constructive video.I know at the moment I wont be doing a job like this, but when the time comes I know Who to watch. And I know it will be your video. Thanks for making great videos, that so I can do the job and not to pay some one else to do it for me.Take care, see you on the next one.

I would use primer for existing chipboard flooring, before adhesive, as you fo before tiling, painting etc. no big cost, and better adhere...

No more ply is a great product. Glue and screw it down and it’s solid and waterproof

I've used this in a shower, really good stuff. Hardie also make an expanding foam adhesive for their boards for blockwork which is what I used. It is worth mentioning though that the boards aren't impervious to water so a painted on membrane over the top is the ideal

you could PVA or SBR the floor 1st

You've taped backwards. Short ends get taped first. Followed by long edges so it overlaps the short ends.

Hi Stu, great timing for this video - im just about to tile the bathroom floor after laying cement boards down. I didn't know about the 3mm space between the boards and edges, is this a must?

I've saw them adverts with Stuart, wonder if he knows? 😮

seen this

Hi Stuart - are you actually vonnected to Voltmox? Just had an advert appear and it has clips of you - implying you're the English electrical engineer who invented it. Didn't think you were an electrical engineer, though you do have a technical construction background?
Cheers

Brilliant job and some great little tips.

Some comments are getting a bit trollish. I appreciate the basic instruction here. It makes such a project approachable.

Ohh great...dont forget the PPE folks!! We wouldn't want any harm to come to your little lungs. That would be as wreckless as digging a hole and dumping an old car engine in there and burying it...🤡

When you do your short mesh segments on the perpendicular, they should go under the longer parallel pieces that will protect the ends, just like when doing drywall.

Did you know some extracts from your videos are being used in a scam advert for voltmox?

Any idea what's the minimum recommend subfloor thickness for 6mm boards?

Should have put 5mm ply down before hand. You always want to leave yourself a route back to the original sub floor.