Laying Tile On Wooden Floors

Cut the backerboard to fit the edges of the room with a carbide tipped scoring tool.

Laying tile on wooden floors.

Step 1 determine how much tile you will need. How to lay tiles on wooden floors. When installing tile having a solid and tight substrate that will not shift expand or contract is all important. To keep from blowing the bank.

To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. Check out the basics below to get started. Still you may need to tile directly over an existing hardwood floor for instance to avoid raising the floor level significantly relative to an adjacent floor. 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.

First make sure you have prepared the subfloor properly before you begin laying tile. For more on prepping the floor read prep a tile floor. If you have items in the way like radiator pipes or bath pipes you ll need to drill holes in those tiles ahead of time so they can fit in place. Before beginning remove tiles from the different boxes and randomly mix them to ensure that minor color differences don t form an unwanted pattern in your new floor.

First major diy project and am a little intimidated. Finish laying the tiles for the first couple of rows placing 1 8 inch spacers in between the tiles and frequently checking that the tiles are even and level. If so make sure the floor is solid and well sealed. Do i lay the wood floor first or the tile to achieve that even transition between materials without using transition strips.

First determine how much tile you will need for the job. I m considering laying wood floors and ceramic tiles through out my first floor where there is vinyl and carpet now. Floor tiles usually should be laid over a strong underlayment of cement board or treated plywood. Lay down 1 2 inch thick cement backerboard over the wood subfloor or hardwood.

When you re ready to lay the tile you ll need to start from the exact center of the floor and lay the tile in lines toward either wall leaving a small space between each tile. The most skillfully laid tile floor or wall can be ruined with a base that is not dimensionally stable. Be careful to not stagger the joints more than 1 3 the length of tile. Installing over wood.

Thanks for the advice.