Ditra Over Hardwood Flooring

Everything thing is solid screwed thru the floor to the joists and sanded clean.

Ditra over hardwood flooring.

First time floor diy i would like to install porcelain stone or thin brick on my 1955 kitchen and hall floor. In spots the last install used leveling compound some of this broke and pulled up with the tiles. The floor slopes down to one corner by 3 4 over 3 feet you can see this in the shower picture. My main concern was whether is was okay to put thinset directly on an old hardwood floor and if i should use an unmodified thinset between the hardwood and the ditra followed by modified between the ditra and tile.

Unlike hardwood floors where a bit of flexibility is desired tile surfaces need rigidity. We don t recommend or warranty ditra or ditra xl installation over existing hardwood flooring as it is very unstable and difficult to bond to making it a poor substrate for tile. Minimizes total thickness of the installed floor and this reduces the transition to flooring that is lower such as vinyl carpet or engineered wood. Underneath is a 3 4 maybe 1 plywood subfloor over the top of the original subfloor.

The 3 4 hardwood is on top of 7 8 tungue and groove plank flooring. I m ready to start tiling in an old house 3 4 subloor with 1 1 2 x 3 4 oak flooring. Please give us a call so we can discuss your options and get you the best system for your application. I have not contacted schluter yet.

Allows you to install ceramic tile over a single layer of plywood or osb subfloors on joists with wider spacing such as 24 inches on center. We recommend removal of the finished hardwood flooring and then following the applicable ditra handbook detail. Therefore denser more solid materials like schluter ditra xl s rubber underlay are the best choice for providing a solid foundation to keep the floor protected. Now someone told me i can t put ditra over hardwood.

They are both structurally in good shape. The floor was a cheap glue down laminate tile that i pulled up. Floor joists are 1 75 x 9 16 oc longest support span is about 12 feet. I plan to use the thinner ditra uncoupling membrane.

However we have a number of other products that can be used under lvt. Ditra xl is 5 16 7 mm thick to create an even transition between typical 5 16 7 mm thick tile and 3 4 19 mm thick hardwood flooring ditra xl allows for ceramic tile application over single layer plywood osb subfloors on joists spaced at 24 610 mm o c.