Engineered Wood Over Tile

The thought of ripping up both to install life proof vinyl flooring doesn t appeal to me.

Engineered wood over tile. Alterna the name of our engineered tile collection is superior to ceramic and porcelain. However you ll want to keep track of how much height the new flooring adds. Floating floors were designed for. The planks go down fast over virtually any material concrete plywood sheet vinyl even ceramic tile.

What types of installations over tile. For a 3 8 thickness the width would be 3. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the 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.

The wood will be going in the hall and entry. Unfortunately where the ceramic meets the engineered wood there s a little less that a 1 4 inch height difference and a transition is currently being used. For putting hardwood over tile you suggested using a 3 8 thickness for the wood. If the tiles are in good condition laying a laminate or another type of floating wood floor over tile isn t much different from laying it on a bare subfloor.

There are several floating floor materials available but if you want real wood the best choice is engineered flooring. It s built on a stone composite base to give it strength with the rest of the materials providing a level of resilience. I have an old tile engineered wood combo flooring in roughly 1000 sqft of the house. Is there any reason that a 5 16 x 2 1 4 wouldn t work or would that be ok too.

For years the only solution to installing hardwood floors over tile was rip it out and install the wood floor. The simplest in terms of getting the job done without messy demo work would be a floating engineered floor. Engineered tile is the perfect choice over natural stone ceramic and porcelain tile with a much warmer more comfortable surface.