Wood Over Tile

The tiles broke way too easily so i was suspicious and when removing the pieces of tile i found wood rot which caused a hollow effect under these tiles tile over wood subfloor.

Wood over tile.

Donna asks we are thinking about replacing our tile floor in the kitchen. The condition of the existing tiles and the structural. The house is 25 years old and this is the original tile. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile.

Installing hardwood floors over tile. Installing over wood. What types of installations over tile. For years the only solution to installing hardwood floors over tile was rip it out and install the wood floor.

The thought of ripping up both to install life proof vinyl flooring doesn t appeal to me. If the tiles are in good condition laying a laminate or another type of floating wood floor over tile isn t much different from laying it on a bare subfloor. Ceramic tile offers a durable high end floor finish and in many cases it s possible to install a tile new floor right over an old one. The simplest in terms of getting the job done without messy demo work would be a floating engineered floor.

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. First determine how much tile you will need for the job. Floating floors were designed for. I have an old tile engineered wood combo flooring in roughly 1000 sqft of the house.

Although installing tile over a wood floor is slightly more complicated than installing tile directly over concrete the project can be completed with a little bit of work and a few extra steps. 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. Laminate is a cheap fast flooring solution that easily goes right over ceramic tile. Laminate flooring goes very well over ceramic tiles.

Step 1 determine how much tile you will need. I would suggest 3 8 thick prefinished engineered hardwood flooring. That could create problems in doorways and at transitions to other floors. Unfortunately where the ceramic meets the engineered wood there s a little less that a 1 4 inch height difference and a transition is currently being used.