Ceramic Tile Floor Over Wood

The condition of the existing tiles and the structural.

Ceramic tile floor over wood.

Installing tile over a wood subfloor is a lot easier today than it was when i started my remodeling career. It is a thin solid flooring system that doesn t require adhesive and comes with a padded underlayment that helps smooth out any contour from the ceramic. 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. Laminate flooring goes very well over ceramic tiles.

I would like to install a pre finished 3 8 x 3 solid hardwood over an above basement second floor ceramic tile surface. If so make sure the floor is solid and well sealed. The benefit is that the flooring is an exact match to the remaining floors in the home. Laminate is a cheap fast flooring solution that easily goes right over ceramic tile.

But a number of precautions must be taken to ensure a successful installation. Is it possible to lay hardwood over an existing tile floor yes you can lay a wood floor over tile if the existing floor is in good shape and without cracks. 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. I would suggest 3 8 thick prefinished engineered hardwood flooring.

Installing over wood. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. A number of different types of substrate are used for tile including plywood. Tile installed over wood floor systems must have a minimum of 1 1 4 inches of solid material beneath it.

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 installer has recommended direct glue down. Floor tiles usually should be laid over a strong underlayment of cement board or treated plywood. This means you can have a 3 4 inch wood subfloor covered by 1 2 inch plywood cement board or approved gypsum fiber underlayment.

Donna asks we are thinking about replacing our tile floor in the kitchen.