Tiling Floors On Plywood

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.

Tiling floors on plywood.

Interior grade plywood and particleboard are not considered strong enough for a tile installation. This creates a stable support base for the tile. Thinset is the wet base that you first trowel on the plywood to make the tile. Use the right.

If needed sand the plywood down to level the subfloor. Chipboard cushioned vinyl flooring particle boards of any type oriented strand board osb interior grade plywood tongue and groove planking and hardwood floors are unsuitable substrates for direct installation of ceramic tile. Tips for laying tile on plywood subfloor for flooring use intervening sheets of plywood. Follow the directions on the packaging to properly mix the thin set mortar.

If water seeps through the tile installation to the underlayment it will not cause the wood to swell as happens with interior grade plywood. Secure the plywood to the wood floor below using 1 1 4 inch screws every 6 inches along the edges of the boards. Exterior plywood is an acceptable underlayment for tile and is preferred to interior grade plywoods because the bonding adhesives used are waterproof. Use thinset with a higher latex content.

Use a polymer modified thin set a type of mortar to attach the backer board to the subfloor. Tiling onto plywood using a standard tile adhesive can be problematic initially i would make sure that the plywood surrounding the pipe work is secure and that you don t have any movement in it. Plywood subfloor makes a sturdy substrate for ceramic tile. Click to enlarge plywood underlayment glued and screwed to a nominal 3 4 in.

Laying a cement board base. While tile can be laid on plywood do not install tile directly onto. Use a large bucket and. The uncoupling crack isolation membrane helps prevent cracking in the tiles and grout.

With a trowel scoop out and spread enough mortar on. The two layer floor shown here is the preferred substrate in wood frame houses of tilesetter michael byrne author of setting tile and tiling for contractors. Try laying tile over 1 2 durock or hardie and see what happens when the joists are 19 2 or 24 on center.