Laying Floor Tiles On Plywood

Insert the deck screws.

Laying floor tiles on plywood.

The key to a beautiful long lasting hardwood or laminate floor is a well prepared subfloor. Laying tile to veneer plywood risks loosening and unbonding the veneer creating an unstable base for the tile. It supports your decorative floor finish whether it s carpet hardwood vinyl laminate or tile. Preparation for installing floor tile depends on the type of subfloor in the room you are tiling.

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. The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. Before you can install floor tile there must be a viable subfloor that the tiles can adhere to.

If the grout lines in the ceramic tile are deep you ll see and feel them under sheet flooring and if you choose to install preglued vinyl tiles they won t stick. Lay the plywood in place on the floor. Do this by multiplying the room s length by its width. A subfloor is the bottom most structural level of your floor.

For the best results when tiling onto plywood floors follow these instructions. Step 5 drive deck screws every 8 inches along chalk line. For more information download our pdf about types of subfloors. Before you install your plywood subfloor first calculate the room s square footage to find out how much flooring you ll need to buy.

Hope you didn t like your beautiful new tile floor. Lay plywood in place on floor. 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. 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.

Installing over wood.