Tape joints with alkali resistant cement.
How to lay tile on plywood floor.
Place hardiebacker in staggered pattern so no four corners meet.
Trowel out bed of unmodified thinset over wooden subfloor.
Once you have filled the space place the sheet down onto the thinset.
Fasten hardiebacker 1 4 board with corrosion resistant screws or galvanized roofing nails 8 inches apart.
Laying tile over a plywood subfloor can be tricky but if you prepare the sub floor properly your tile floor will last for a lifetime.
While tile can be laid on plywood do not install tile directly onto.
Mix your thinset according to the instructions on the bag.
Install the sheets one at a time.
Use thinset with a higher latex content.
When fixing larger format ceramics or natural stone bal ptb or bal fast flex are the ideal adhesives to choose.
Tips for laying tile on plywood subfloor for flooring use intervening sheets of plywood.
Lift one sheet leave the rest in place and spread thinset directly onto the subfloor filling the area left by the sheet use a 1 4 x 1 4 notch trowel.
Thinset is the wet base that you first trowel on the plywood to make the tile.
Laying tile over a plywood subfloor can be tricky but.
How to tile onto a plywood floor.
When tiling onto plywood overlaid timber we recommend using a flexible adhesive s1 such as topps tiles rapid set flexible bal rapid flex fibre or bal flex fibre.