Tile On Wood Subfloor

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.

Tile on wood subfloor.

While tile can be laid on plywood do not install tile directly onto. Use a polymer modified thin set a type of mortar to attach the backer board to the subfloor. Use the right. Using a grout float held at a 45 angle spread grout firmly into tile joints.

If the subfloor is 5 8 or 3 4 you can probably apply tile directly to it with no problem. First changes in humidity make solid wood shrink swell and cup more than plywood. Install 1 4 inch cork by thin setting it to the concrete pad then installing the heating system by fastening it to. Wooden subfloors in older houses need to be strengthened and stabilized before backer board and tile are installed.

Allow grout to set for 10 20 minutes then lightly clean tile and shape grout joints with a damp sponge. Thinset is the wet base that you first trowel on the plywood to make the tile. The best method is to refasten the subfloor then add a layer of plywood. Lay down a vapour barrier overtop the concrete pad then fasten 3 4 inch plywood using a ramset to the concrete pad.

Make sure grout joints are completely filled. With a trowel scoop out and spread enough mortar on. Sandynovember 14 2015 at 5 31 pm. Tips for laying tile on plywood subfloor for flooring use intervening sheets of plywood.

Use a large bucket and. Follow the directions on the packaging to properly mix the thin set mortar. Use thinset with a higher latex content.