Overboarding 11mm ply and ditra matting (thick floorboards)

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We're converting the corner of a bedroom to a 1.2 x 3m en-suite bathroom (shower, actually).

When we removed the carpet we found there's existing 11m ply lying on top of 28mm floorboards (original old timber ones, not T&G) which sit on 8" joists. The span of the joists is 5.5m.

My tiler/plumber has started using this existing 11m ply (which is porbably not WBP ply) for the overboarding. So floorboards + ply is total about 40mm. He says he's going to screw it down very well so it won't move. Indeed I can't feel any movement.

I'm happy to go with this if: (1) he screws both floorboards and ply really well, (2) flexi adhesive of course and (3) *maybe* add ditra matting in case of small movements over time.

edit: Worth noting the shower tray is 1.2x0.8 so might be used by a couple at the same time :)

1. Will this be ok long-term? (The job is already well underway, so if I force him to change to e.g. 18mm WBP ply I'd have to explain why I'm insisting.).

2. Is the ditra matting a must in this instance? The reused 11m ply is presumably not WBP, but will a ditra mat also provide moisture protection to the ply? (There's no pipework in the floor except the waste from a sink and shower).

3. If the 11m ply + ditra is too risky, what's the lowest-hassle way of improving this? (6mm backerboard on top of the 11m ply?)

amny thanks,
Ash
 
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