Tile Over Wood

Solid hardwood or engineered wood flooring may serve as bases for vinyl flooring.

Tile over wood.

Old solid hardwood can cup or swell over time too. If the tile is being installed in a bathroom consider applying an isolation membrane over your wood subfloor to further protect against expansion and contraction. Laying tile over a plywood subfloor can be tricky but if you prepare the sub floor properly your tile floor will last for a lifetime. While most floor tile these days is installed onto a layer of cement board or similar backerboard it is possible to lay tile directly over plywood.

Then cover the seams with seam tape. The tile industry recommends a sub floor of at least 1 1 4 thick. To install the tile you must first install concrete board. Lay down a vapour barrier overtop the concrete pad then fasten 3 4 inch plywood using a ramset to the concrete pad.

If the wood is heavily gapped these gaps must first be fixed. If there is too much deflection in your sub floor then tiles may pop loose over time. Install 1 4 inch cork by thin setting it to the concrete pad then installing the heating system by fastening it to. Keep in mind when building up the thickness of your sub floor to overlap the seams of the different layers of plywood as this will also help stiffen the floor.

A couple options considered are. This condition would make direct installation over the wood difficult. In most cases tile is significantly cheaper than a traditional hardwood floor. Vinyl flooring over wood flooring.

But a number of precautions must be taken to ensure a successful installation. A number of different types of substrate are used for tile including plywood. The biggest and most obvious advantage of wood look tile for most homeowners is the cost. 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.

Concrete board typically comes in 3 5 foot sheets and it can be attached to the wood subfloor to provide extra strength.