Ceramic tile floor?
Question:Want to put ceramic tile floor down in bathroom. It has a lanolium floor now. What is the best way to prep, in order to have a good tile job.
Answers:
tear the linolium up you should have plywood under there if its plywood you can a couple things. a you could pour a selfleveling compound on, its comes in a bag like concrete and you mix it with water pour it up to an inch thick and tile right over that. b you can lay osb or cement board on top of the plywood which come in 3x5 sheets for about 10 bucks and tile over that. the levelor would run you about $40 for a small bath maybe 75 ft2. the cement board is $10/15ft2 plus mortar $10 and screws $5. if its concrete you can tile over that just make sure its level and a clean smooth surface.
remove the lanolium
if it is over a concrete floor pull up the vinyl and pull the toilet ... spread mortar and lay tiles ... if over wood you need to pull the toilet (i would pull the vanity but not a must) spread mortar lay concrete backer board like durock and screw it down then spread mortar and lay tiles and of course after it dries grout the tiles.
Hi, you need to pull the linoleum up first. Than scrape the loose mastic off the floor, sand it (you don't want an uneven surface) and wipe up the dust and dirt. Than you can start putting down your tiles. Make sure you leave a window open or the smell of the mastic will leave you high as a kite, and you don't want that! Bye
If the floor is concrete, remove the existing floor covering. Use thin-set, not mortar and lay the new tile. Begin in the center of the floor to make sure the borders come out even. Remove the toilet. It makes for an easier job. If the floor is wood, use hardi-backer or wonder board as an underlayment. Then set the tile.
you will need to put down "backerBoard" which is what they call concrete board. itcomes in different thicknessess. we used quarter inch on our bathroom tile job.
if you have wood sub floor, and is at least one and half inch thick, i would leave lanolium down buy quarter inch ply wood. screw it to floor and get bucket of mastik and install ceramic tile.I've tried it and works great has been down for 5 years and no problems yet. it was in bathroom and kitchen
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