Ceramic Tile Over Wood Subfloor Installation

Tile floors are heavy and tile is a hard material.

Ceramic tile over wood subfloor installation.

Use intervening layers of two sheets of plywood. Try laying tile over 1 2 durock or hardie and see what happens when the joists are 19 2 or 24 on center. Build a structure of 2x3 s with 8 inches of space between the boards. If you must install over such surfaces it is best to install a backer board over the old surface and install the tile on the backer board.

Lay down inch exterior plywood the opposite direction and screw to the inch. Laying tile on plywood. If installing over an appropriate wood surface sand the wood to make it smoother and remember that the installation will work better over a subfloor at least 1 1 8 inches thick. Tile can be installed over a plywood substrate and it is actually a fantastic way to make sure you don t have deflection in your floor.

Second the strength of wood boards isn t always consistent. First changes in humidity make solid wood shrink swell and cup more than plywood. While tile can be laid on plywood do not install tile directly onto the plywood subfloor itself. Lay down inch exterior plywood and screw into the 2 3 s every 8 inches.

Cement backer board can provide a solid flat surface to install tiles on if you have a wood subfloor. Hope you didn t like your beautiful new tile floor.