Tiling On Plywood Floor

Place hardiebacker in staggered pattern so no four corners meet.

Tiling on plywood floor.

Trowel out bed of unmodified thinset over wooden subfloor. 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. Higher latex content is essential for bonding to plywood. Arrange the sheets so that the ends are staggered and don t align with each other.

A quality unmodified thinset should be used and mixed with a latex additive. Click to enlarge plywood underlayment glued and screwed to a nominal 3 4 in. Tape joints with alkali resistant cement. Fasten hardiebacker 1 4 board with corrosion resistant screws or galvanized roofing nails 8 inches apart.

Leave a 1 4 inch gap between the edges of the backer board and the walls to allow for subfloor expansion and contraction. 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. In other words be sure that no four. Plywood must be protected from liquids since this material is highly susceptible to moisture.

It is important to observe the installation technology otherwise the coating will not be used for long. One example would be to use laticrete s 317 thinset mixed with laticrete 333 liquid latex additive. However tiling onto plywood floors is still acceptable under british standards. 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.

Use spacers apply grout and finish with water based polyurethane for shine on the wood grains. However backerboard does not provide any structural support so many tile setters prefer two layers of plywood on a floor. After all backer board sheets are in position remove.