Ceramic Tile Over Wood Subfloor Installation

Lay down inch exterior plywood and screw into the 2 3 s every 8 inches.

Ceramic tile over wood subfloor installation.

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. Lay down inch exterior plywood the opposite direction and screw to the inch. While tile can be laid on plywood do not install tile directly onto the plywood subfloor itself. Second the strength of wood boards isn t always consistent.

Hope you didn t like your beautiful new tile floor. Use intervening layers of two sheets of plywood. First changes in humidity make solid wood shrink swell and cup more than plywood. Try laying tile over 1 2 durock or hardie and see what happens when the joists are 19 2 or 24 on center.

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. 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 floors are heavy and tile is a hard material.

Laying tile on plywood. A plywood subfloor must be structurally sound and able to support the installation.