Laying A Tile Floor On Plywood

Here are the basics of how to install bathroom tile on plywood.

Laying a tile floor on plywood.

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. Laying tile to veneer plywood risks loosening and unbonding the veneer creating an unstable base for the tile. When installing a ceramic tile floor on a concrete subfloor you don t have to worry about flexing as long as the concrete slab is at least 1 1 8 inch thick which most slabs are. Hope you didn t like your beautiful new tile floor.

To install bathroom tile over plywood you ll have to follow a series of steps. 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. Try laying tile over 1 2 durock or hardie and see what happens when the joists are 19 2 or 24 on center. Under british standards bs 5385 part 1 plywood has now been excluded as a suitable substrate material for the direct fixing of wall tiles therefore when tiling on to walls a tile backer board is required however tiling onto plywood floors is still acceptable under british standards.

However you re not out of the woods. This process is not complicated but you will need to be willing to do some work. Concrete expands and contracts and that type of movement can also crack the tiles and the grout. Laying tile over a plywood subfloor can be a bit tricky but if you take the time to prepare the sub floor properly you can enjoy a new tile floor that will last for a lifetime.

Get the dimensions of the room and then multiply them to get the square. Tile can be installed over various types of subfloor. 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 as it would be with any masonry installation. The most suitable materials for the subfloor are concrete plywood and cement board.