Ceramic Tile Over Wood Subfloor Installation

Cement backer board can provide a solid flat surface to install tiles on if you have a wood subfloor.

Ceramic tile over wood subfloor installation.

Try laying tile over 1 2 durock or hardie and see what happens when the joists are 19 2 or 24 on center. Laying tile on plywood. According to backer board manufacturers and tile setters installing backer board directly over an old solid wood subfloor is risky for a couple of reasons. A plywood subfloor must be structurally sound and able to support the installation.

Build a structure of 2x3 s with 8 inches of space between the boards. Use intervening layers of two sheets of 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. While tile can be laid on plywood do not install tile directly onto the plywood subfloor itself.

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. 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. The 2 3 s would be standing up on their side so. Lay down inch exterior plywood the opposite direction and screw to the inch.

Hope you didn t like your beautiful new tile floor. Lay down inch exterior plywood and screw into the 2 3 s every 8 inches.