Tiling On Plywood Floor

Trowel out bed of unmodified thinset over wooden subfloor.

Tiling on plywood floor.

Tiles on the plywood on the floor fit in the case where there is no possibility to use other materials to align the roughing base. Leave a 1 4 inch gap between the edges of the backer board and the walls to allow for subfloor expansion and contraction. It is important to observe the installation technology otherwise the coating will not be used for long. Plywood subfloor makes a sturdy substrate for ceramic tile.

However backerboard does not provide any structural support so many tile setters prefer two layers of plywood on a floor. Higher latex content is essential for bonding to plywood. A quality unmodified thinset should be used and mixed with a latex additive. In other words be sure that no four.

Use spacers apply grout and finish with water based polyurethane for shine on the wood grains. 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. After all backer board sheets are in position remove. Fasten hardiebacker 1 4 board with corrosion resistant screws or galvanized roofing nails 8 inches apart.

Click to enlarge plywood underlayment glued and screwed to a nominal 3 4 in. Take the plywood into strips and cut the parallelograms that can be fit together making a hexagon and a 3d plywood flooring with a repeated wood cub pattern. One example would be to use laticrete s 317 thinset mixed with laticrete 333 liquid latex additive. Plywood must be protected from liquids since this material is highly susceptible to moisture.

Arrange the sheets so that the ends are staggered and don t align with each other. Thinset is the wet base that you first trowel on the plywood to make the tile stick. However tiling onto plywood floors is still acceptable under british standards.