Can You Lay Wood Flooring Over Tile
Camila Farah
Yes you can install hardwood floors over ceramic tile but with a few exceptions.
Solid floors are normally nailed to wood subfloors. Whenever you install hardwood flooring over any type of subfloor you must ensure that it is completely level. However where tiling has been set into a concrete floor work to remove the tiles could disrupt the concrete foundations. Yes you can lay a wood floor over tile if the existing floor is in good shape and without cracks.
In this case another subfloor would have to be installed over the tile with a minimum thickness of 5 8 exceptions may include dealing with some of the more popular solid 5 16 products. In order to install a solid floor one would need a proper subfloor. If your ceramic tile has grout lines that give it texture you will need to fill those in to make your flooring completely level. In this scenario raised wood floors or glued wood floors may be laid over tile.
Prep work should include leveling any raised tile edges.
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