Can We Put Wood Floors Over Tile

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.

Can we put wood floors over tile. If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the vinyl directly on the tile. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. Fortunately the answer to the question is yes. Yes you can install hardwood floors over ceramic tile but with a few exceptions.

A big question is can a laminate floor be placed over a ceramic tile floor. In this case another subfloor would have to be installed over the tile with a minimum thickness of 5 8 exceptions may include dealing with some of the more popular solid 5 16 products. Finally the factory finish of laminate flooring is more durable than just about any finish a hardwood flooring refinisher can put on a hardwood floor at a job site. You can install laminate over tile.

Hi dorothy the short answer is yes you can install laminate flooring over a ceramic tile floor if the tile floor is in good condition and the tile are well attached level and flat. The process would be the same as installing a laminate floor on a concrete slab. In order to install a solid floor one would need a proper subfloor. I would suggest 3 8 thick prefinished engineered hardwood flooring.

Whenever you install hardwood flooring over any type of subfloor you must ensure that it is completely level. Can laminate flooring be installed over ceramic tile. Is it possible to lay hardwood over an existing tile floor yes you can lay a wood floor over tile if the existing floor is in good shape and without cracks. That makes it possible to install laminate over hardwood linoleum and vinyl and yes.

Installing over wood. Solid floors are normally nailed to wood subfloors. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. Engineered wood flooring on the other hand can be glued directly to the existing ceramic.

Cracked or missing tiles should be fixed or filled in. This underlayment height coupled with the 3 4 inch thickness of the flooring itself would make the new floor too thick. Donna asks we are thinking about replacing our tile floor in the kitchen. This type of wood ranges from 5 16 to 5 8 of an inch thick and won t create a height problem.