Installing over wood.
How to lay a wood floor over tile.
Yes you can install hardwood floors over ceramic tile but with a few exceptions.
Floor tiles usually should be laid over a strong underlayment of cement board or treated plywood.
I would suggest 3 8 thick prefinished engineered hardwood flooring or easy to install laminate flooring.
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.
Yes you can lay a wood floor over tile if the existing floor is in good shape and without cracks.
If your ceramic tile has grout lines that give it texture you will need to fill those in to make your flooring completely level.
If so make sure the floor is solid and well sealed.
That could create problems in doorways and at transitions to other floors.
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.
Concrete board typically comes in 3 5 foot sheets and it can be attached to the wood subfloor to provide extra strength.
The simplest in terms of getting the job done without messy demo work would be a floating engineered floor.
Installing hardwood floors over tile.
Floating floors were designed for.
Some brands can be installed as a floating floor that locks together and is not attached to the tile or you can glue it down.
Whenever you install hardwood flooring over any type of subfloor you must ensure that it is completely level.
However you ll want to keep track of how much height the new flooring adds.
To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile.
Still you may need to tile directly over an existing hardwood floor for instance to avoid raising the floor level significantly relative to an adjacent floor.
To install the tile you must first install concrete board.