How To Lay Ceramic Tile On Plywood Floor

With this patented new technique ron s friend shows us how to build a strong base and then prepare it using the tavy thin skin system so that the tile is as strong.

How to lay ceramic tile on plywood floor.

Plywood or osb flakeboard can expand and contract at too high a rate to be a stable foundation for tile. Now the entire flooring of ceramic tiles needs to be torn out and replaced. Install ceramic tile over a subfloor that s no less than 1 1 8 inches thick. This guide will show you how to prepare your subfloor for a tile installation project to ensure that it s fit to support ceramic or porcelain tile.

Using a tape measure or digital laser tape measure the room from one wall to the opposite wall and note the distance. This will cause either the tile itself to crack and even come loose or cause the grout to crack inside the joints. A thinner subfloor will cause the floor to flex due to the weight of the tile. We have our large kitchen and hallway that was originally covered by 12 x 12 ceramic tiles on top of 3 8th inch plywood.

A flexing subfloor results in cracked tiles and grout and a lot of headaches. Installing ceramic floor tile to a plywood sub floor has unique challenges beyond that of installation on a concrete floor. Space the field and edge fasteners correctly the top layer of plywood should be screwed down every 8 inches on the edge and every 6 inches in the field or interior section. Thin set was used instead of glue or adhesive.

Preparing a subfloor is an essential step for installing floor tile it provides a level surface that will allow the tiles to properly stay in place. The floor tiles became loose cracked and ugly looking over about 2 decades of use.