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New tile install/ floor combinations: was tile over oak floor Mikepier 10-26-2007
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Posted by Big_Jake on October 26, 2007, 9:37 pm
> After careful consideration I have decided not to tile over my oak
> floor and instead rip it out down to the subfloor, and would like to
> install plywood and backer board for a new tile install. I have 3/4"
> subfloor and can only go an additional 3/4" more due to height
> problems. So here are my options to put over the 3/4" subfloor.
>
> a) 3/4" plywood
> b) 1/2" plywood plus 1/4" backer
> c) 1/4" plywood plus 1/2" backer
>
> Either choice would give me a combined floor of 1 1/2". So which would
> be best?

a) Is probably your best choice, since the 3/4" plywood is stiffer
than the other choices, and it is perfectly acceptable to glue (thin-
set) tiles directly to plywood.

The purpose of newsgroups is to share info. Everyone else is entitled
to their own opinions.

JK


Posted by Manster on October 27, 2007, 9:56 am
Mikepier wrote:
> After careful consideration I have decided not to tile over my oak
> floor and instead rip it out down to the subfloor, and would like to
> install plywood and backer board for a new tile install. I have 3/4"
> subfloor and can only go an additional 3/4" more due to height
> problems. So here are my options to put over the 3/4" subfloor.
>
> a) 3/4" plywood
> b) 1/2" plywood plus 1/4" backer
> c) 1/4" plywood plus 1/2" backer
>
> Either choice would give me a combined floor of 1 1/2". So which would
> be best?
>

I see that now you mention keeping a 3/4" sub-floor after removing the
oak. That changes things a bit so (b) would be my choice. Denser than
either (a or c) and that's good.

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