tiling on existing wood floor

Belle427 · 26 Sep 2007

i have a wooden floor running throughout the living room and kitchen which has been layed on batterns by the look,i now want to tile the kitchen and carpet the living room trying to avoid a major step between the two,im not sure what wood it is but i understand it needs a layer of ply to tile on,what thickness should i use and whats the best method of fixing it down to the existing surface?
its quite solid and plumb and i want to avoid ripping it all up
thanks

leopardml2341 · 27 Sep 2007

From an enthusiastic DIY'er -

I'm guessing that you're going to be using ceramic tiles ?

When I've done this before I've used ply; sealing with non waterproof PVA (so that the water in the tile adhesive does not immediately leach away into the wood but still bonds) and then laid the tiles.

Problem is if there is any movement in the floor it will tend to crack the grout. I've overcome this in the past by using silicone sealant. It also means that it's easy to replace a tile if one gets damaged.

Hope this helps?

Andy[/i]

gcol · 28 Sep 2007

ch427 said:
i have a wooden floor running throughout the living room and kitchen which has been layed on batterns by the look,i now want to tile the kitchen and carpet the living room trying to avoid a major step between the two,im not sure what wood it is but i understand it needs a layer of ply to tile on,what thickness should i use and whats the best method of fixing it down to the existing surface?
its quite solid and plumb and i want to avoid ripping it all up
thanks

Have a read of the sticky.

Belle427 · 28 Sep 2007

thanks for that but the sticky only mentions floorboards and chipboard,ive been analysing bal products and it points me to using fastflex straight on the floor as long as there isnt any movement in it to cause grout cracking etc

gcol · 28 Sep 2007

Well you've lost me then. What is it you actually want to know?

Belle427 · 28 Sep 2007

how to tile on to a real wood floor

gcol · 28 Sep 2007

Ideally you should remove the flooring and replace with 25mm WBP ply. If you don't want to do this, you can overboard the flooring with 12mm WBP ply.
Just assume that a real wood floor is floorboards and follow the details in the sticky.

Belle427 · 28 Sep 2007

ok thanks

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