Tile Floor Over Wood Subfloor

Tile over wood subfloor plywood and osb are the two most common materials used for floor decking and typically they are 5 8 or 3 4 thick.

Tile floor over wood subfloor.

Cracked floor tiles stink really bad there s a simple solution. Laying tile over a plywood subfloor can be tricky but. A 3 4 inch plywood subfloor on a joist structure with 24 inch spacing needs the extra thickness of cementboard or the floor will flex and the tiles will crack. Uncoupling membranes aren t recommended for tiles smaller than 2 inches square and should not be used when covering old hardwood flooring due to adhesion problems.

While tile can be laid on plywood do not install tile directly onto the plywood subfloor itself. The old fashioned mud method of floating a thick mortar bed in preparation for the tile has given way to using cement backer board over a plywood subfloor. Ditra it goes down on top of wood or concrete subfloors. The plywood will expand and contract at a different rate as the tile causing cracks to develop in the grout lines or tiles over time.

While you can lay tile directly over a concrete slab using thin set adhesive don t make the mistake of applying tile directly to a plywood subfloor. Prepare a wood subfloor for tile a successful tile installation project requires a level surface. Laying tile over a plywood subfloor can be tricky but if you prepare the sub floor properly your tile floor will last for a lifetime. Fill seams in the subfloor with caulk.

Installing tile over a wood subfloor is a lot easier today than it was when i started my remodeling career. By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine reinforce old 1 x subflooring before adding backer board. No matter how firm the subfloor. In this scenario jim and rich install 1 2 cementious backer unit cbu resulting in at least an 1 1 8 thick subfloor.

Pourable self leveling products help to flatten and level a wood subfloor or a concrete slab before the tile is installed. Use thinset with a higher latex content thinset is the wet base that you first trowel on the plywood to make the tile stick. The dry product is mixed with water to a liquid consistency and poured on. Tiling over an old solid wood subfloor is dicey even with a layer of backer board.

Your tile then goes on the ditra.