Tile Subfloor Options

If you find hollows and valleys you must fill them with a self leveling underlayment.

Tile subfloor options.

Barricade is one such example. Concrete backer board durock and wonderboard which is the standard material for tile underlayment. Janseptember 22 2009 at 4 40 pm. You ve probably seen this resilient flooring in health clubs and gyms.

2x2x1 125 inch tiles with osb wood on top and closed cell polystyrene insulation xps on the bottom. For sheet rubber in rolls. A tapered piece of plywood may be difficult to fabricate and may not offer the support required for a good installation. Underlayment for ceramic tile floors.

Backer board this is the industry standard most preferred by construction pros when installing ceramic or porcelain. For tiles and 1 5 sq. Once properly in place and cured the tile can be installed. If the structure is adequate the use of a cement based floor patch that allows for the needed height may be the best choice.

On wood frame floors the subflooring provides a continuous structural surface over the floor joists. Exterior grade plywood is the preferred subfloor under tile rather than osb since it deflects less and is more resistant to water and moisture. A successful tile installation project requires a level surface. The following backer boards are commonly used for tile flooring in wet or dry areas over wood subfloors.

Rubber tile or rubber sheets 3 8 sq. For ceramic tile the tile council recommends using joists that are 16 inches on center a 3 4 inch thick plywood subfloor and a 1 2 inch thick cement backer board or concrete slab. A plywood subfloor should be a minimum of 5 8 thick depending on joist spacing topped by 1 2 cement backer board. Concrete backer board has a solid concrete core and both sides are faced with fiberglass.

The subfloor is the foundation beneath finish flooring materials. In basements and in homes with slab on grade foundations the subfloor may simply be a concrete slab. Fill seams in the subfloor with caulk. Subfloor systems eliminate the cake layer approach and give you all layers fused into tiles that can be attached to each other at a higher price than the methods above.

Check for dips in the floor by sliding a 4 foot to 6 foot straight edge in different directions all around the room.