How do i install ceramic tile over existing wood flooring?
I want to install ceramic tile in my kitchen over the existing wood flooring. The thing is, I don’t want to ruin the wood flooring just in case I sell my home and the new buyer wants to see the wood floors instead of the tile.
1.) I was thinking of laying a thin plastic sheet over the existing wood flooring before starting the thinset, backer board, thinset and tiles.
Is this a good idea, or does anyone see anything wrong with this method?
2.) Another option is to eliminate the plastic sheet & thinset underneath the backer board. Screw the backer board in place, seal the joints between the backer board, apply the thinset, then lay the tile. This option would definitely be cheaper, but will this work?
Ceramic tile MUST be firmly attacked to the subsurface so don’t go with your first idea. Your grout will crack and the tiles will pop loose doing this.
The second idea should work if you screw the backer firmly and at the recommended spacings, but it will ruin the wood floor.
My opinion: It’s rare to see a wood floor in a kitchen, at least I don’t think I’ve ever even seen one! Most people aren’t going to be looking for a wood floor in a kitchen when they’re looking at houses.
There is a product now that is a laminate tile. It is basically the same as laminate wood flooring, but it has a tile look to it instead of wood. Laminate floors usually float over the subfloor and are not attached anyway. This might be an option, as the laminate tile could be removed later with no damage.
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Forget trying to make it easy for someone who may want to change simply screw the backerboard to the floor it is the screwholes that will damage the floor the tiles and backerboard would simply break away with a bolster .
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What you overlay the floor with, backer board or ply, you will need to screw this into joists every 300mm. If you do this you’ll only have a few screw holes to fill in at a later date.
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http://www.tilerworld.com/forum
You will need to either tile directly over the wood, which will ruin the wood. or put backer board over the wood, which will ruin the wood.
If you want tile, just do it. Don’t worry about what someone else will want later.
You can also take up the wood, put backer board down and then tile. This will keep the finished floor height about the same as it is now.
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Ceramic tile MUST be firmly attacked to the subsurface so don’t go with your first idea. Your grout will crack and the tiles will pop loose doing this.
The second idea should work if you screw the backer firmly and at the recommended spacings, but it will ruin the wood floor.
My opinion: It’s rare to see a wood floor in a kitchen, at least I don’t think I’ve ever even seen one! Most people aren’t going to be looking for a wood floor in a kitchen when they’re looking at houses.
There is a product now that is a laminate tile. It is basically the same as laminate wood flooring, but it has a tile look to it instead of wood. Laminate floors usually float over the subfloor and are not attached anyway. This might be an option, as the laminate tile could be removed later with no damage.
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