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Weight of tile upstairs bathroom

  • 04-07-2016 5:45pm
    #1
    BunkMoreland
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 820 ✭✭✭


    I currently have an upstairs bathroom in a dormer which had a lino floor and about half of the walls tiled with 8mm tile.

    I was planning to tile the floor and all the walls. The new tile is 10mm thick and I'd be using tile backer board on the floor and two of the walls to straighten them out.

    Below the bathroom is a fairly open plan kitchen so there's no load bearing wall under the floor. (about 4 feet away from each bathroom wall are brick walls).

    The weight of tile in the car made me think it might be too much for the joists. Am I worrying about nothing here? The floor feels solid enough to walk on upstairs.


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  • #2
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    You have nothing to worry about. The joists are designed to take loads fair greater than your tiles.


  • #3
    BunkMoreland
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 820 ✭✭✭BunkMoreland


    I've just carried them all upstairs for a load test, yeah nothing to worry about except for my fitness.


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