What To Use Under Tile Floor

Group 0 tiles are not suitable for floor use while group 1 tiles will withstand light foot traffic.

What to use under tile floor. Geoff february 23 2010 at 2 41 pm. Floor or wall indoors or out and tile type and size are all factors. Group 5 tiles hold up even in areas of heavy foot traffic. The primary benefit of cement board is that it doesn t break down or expand or warp if it gets wet.

Once you ve screeded the slope use a wood float to pack the mud down. Again patience will help you achieve a flawlessly sloped pan so your shower floor renovation will come out right. For this reason ceramic and porcelain tile floors can be considered somewhat delicate despite the inherent strength of the material. This provides a solid surface under the tile that prevents flexing that could lead to cracking.

The size of the notch determines how much thin set is left on the floor under the tile. This will literally lay the groundwork for a beautiful new shower tile floor. Cement board also provides an additional layer over a plywood or particleboard subfloor adding stiffness to the tile. Tile floors are beautiful durable and a fairly diy friendly option but for tile s good looks to really last it s vital to start with what you can t see the ideal underlayment.

I am installing ceramic tile on my interior stairs. Keep in mind that floor tiles should be laid with the first tile centered in the middle of the floor working onward from that. Cement board is a type of underlayment that is now standard for most tile installations but particularly for floor tile. Ceramic tiles receive a rating based on a hardness scale and divides them into groups.

Find the right trowel and mortar here. Alos you can use either 1 4 or 1 2 cement backer board under a tile floor. Use a polymer modified thin set a type of mortar to attach the backer board to the subfloor. Typically the larger the tile the larger the notch should be.

The polymer modified thin set provides additional strength and helps eliminate any movement between the backer board and the subfloor. It is recommended to sand the floor using 80 grit sandpaper. Use a thin set product to install ceramic tile over existing tiles. Use your trowel to scoop out a generous amount of mortar from your mix bucket.

Fill in areas as needed. Before you start remember that using the correct trowel and mortar is critical to a successful tile project. Because of issues of moisture movement and adhesion ceramic tile will work well with certain types of subfloor underlayment systems and can go dramatically wrong with other subfloor materials. To take care of the bullnose i am using a 5 1 2 stained hardwood stairnose installed upside down with the 1 4 notch facing upwards with 3 4 plywood to.