How To Lay A New Bathroom Floor

Follow these step by step instructions to prepare a wood subfloor for tilework.

How to lay a new bathroom floor.

Some tiles have directional arrows on the back. An updated bathroom can add instant beauty and value to your home. Yours might need 1 2 in. Place 3 inch screws in the holes at both corners at the bottom.

You may have to use a thin sheet of luan over the plywood to form a smooth surface for vinyl or vinyl tiled floors. Our floor required 1 4 in thick backer. Learn how to demolish a bathroom floor and lay new underlayment with these easy to follow step by step directions. Drive them in tight as you apply downward pressure to the vanity.

Also remove the toilet and replace it after the new floor is installed with a new. Lower the second plank to snap the planks together. If your floor is already thick enough you can simply prep the vinyl floor photos 1 4 and skip the backer installation photos 5 8. Start by laying a single half row of floor tiles in both directions without mortar starting at the center point and working outward.

Before you can install floor tile there must be a viable subfloor that the tiles can adhere to. If there is cut these sections out and replace them with new plywood to provide a solid base to build on top. Install the second plank by holding it at an angle and inserting its tongue edge into the first plank s groove edge. Continue in this manner for the remainder of the row trimming the last plank as needed.

Lay the first plank appropriately spaced from the wall. Screw the plywood to the rafters or floor beams sinking the screws into the wood. If your floor is too thin for tile add a thicker layer of tile backer board. You must keep these arrows pointing in the same direction as you are laying floor tiles to ensure pattern alignment.

Backer to reach the minimum thickness. Insert spacers between the tiles.