How To Level Plywood Bathroom Floor Before Tile

I was going to install a hardwood floor 5 8 thickness but ther.

How to level plywood bathroom floor before tile.

Leveling a floor can be either a do it yourself project or a job for the pros depending on what s causing the problem. A subfloor is the bottom most structural level of your floor. For more information download our pdf about types of subfloors. I have 2000 sq feet of 2 by 2 tile to put down on a very out of level and hilly floor.

Check the level again. A 6 foot screed board wouldn t work in my case because the hills and valleys are further apart than that in some cases 12 feet between hills. Before taking steps to level a floor you must find out why it s not level. In this video you ll see how you can do plywood subfloor leveling using the plywood sheets.

It supports your decorative floor finish whether it s carpet hardwood vinyl laminate or tile. Concrete expands and contracts and that type of movement can also crack the tiles and the grout. When installing a ceramic tile floor on a concrete subfloor you don t have to worry about flexing as long as the concrete slab is at least 1 1 8 inch thick which most slabs are. And 3 grind the hump of the plywood.

In order to level the subfloor to install tile the builder suggests 1 to put a paper on plywood and pour self leveler and skip hardibacker. However you re not out of the woods. The level shouldn t be off by more than 3 16 inch 0 48 cm any minor deviations you happen to discover shouldn t impact the stability of the finished floor. I have two sheets of ply and 1 4 inch hardiebacker down to make a solid 1 1 2 subfloor.