If so make sure the floor is solid and well sealed.
Ceramic tile floor over wood.
The benefit is that the flooring is an exact match to the remaining floors in the home.
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.
The area includes entrance eat in kitchen and hall.
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.
To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile.
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.
Installing tile over a wood subfloor is a lot easier today than it was when i started my remodeling career.
Floor tiles usually should be laid over a strong underlayment of cement board or treated plywood.
But a number of precautions must be taken to ensure a successful installation.
Laminate is a cheap fast flooring solution that easily goes right over ceramic tile.
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.
I would suggest 3 8 thick prefinished engineered hardwood flooring.
This finished tile floor is installed over a plywood and cement backer board 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.
I would like to install a pre finished 3 8 x 3 solid hardwood over an above basement second floor ceramic tile surface.
The condition of the existing tiles and the structural.
The installer has recommended direct glue down.
Installing over wood.
This means you can have a 3 4 inch wood subfloor covered by 1 2 inch plywood cement board or approved gypsum fiber underlayment.
Laminate flooring goes very well over ceramic tiles.