What can I use to seal cracked tile? What thickness? 10 points!!?
Question by theheatheatwave: What can I use to seal cracked tile? What thickness? 10 points!!?
I want to put down a layer of plywood on my kitchen floor in preparation for laying a new floor. I want to put the plywood over the existing vinyl tile.
1.What thickness plywood would be best for this job?
2.One of the tiles is cracked and loose, I will glue it down before I put down the plywood. What glue should I use?
3. How should I affix the plywood. I’m thinking of using a combo of glue and screws. The sub-floor is wood. How long should the screws bee and what kind.
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2 Responses to What can I use to seal cracked tile? What thickness? 10 points!!?
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4mm to 6mm ply will do and get plenty of screws to stop any bubbles or lifting.
Its very hard to hide a crack in a tile best thing to do is replace. (you should always keep spares)
And stick the ply down with screws and either pva, floorboard glue (very good stuff) or no nails.
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Diy-uk
November 5, 2013 at 8:23 am
Hey theheatheatwave,
I work at The Home Depot and I am a flooring specialist. I will try my best to answer the questions in the order of how you asked them.
1. Typically you use a 3/4″ plywood IF it is a new subfloor, but if you do this now, you will raise your floors up and you may have to consider adjusting the heights of any doors as well as buying different room transition pieces going from the kitchen to the other rooms, so typically I would go with a 1/4″ in a solid, such as pine or even luan, and make sure it is primed with an oil-based primer at minimum, to ensure the wood is sealed properly before placing the tile and mortar down. However, wood is not the best choice for putting down a new subfloor, to see what I would choose skip down to 3.
2. Since it is a vinyl tile, you can use any sort of adhesive, typically in caulk tube form, and use that for the loose tile. Typically in your situation, I would go for something that has Polyurethane. Brands that carry those are Liquid Nails and PL, but make sure they are rated for vinyl to wood before purchasing, as there are varying types.
3. You are on the right track to use a combo of glue and screws, and almost in any flooring where there will be moisture present (kitchen and bathroom floors) you’ll want to use a tile backerboard. It is the best option, use a 1/4″ thickness. It doesn’t matter which brand you purchase, EasyBoard, WonderBoard, Durock, or HardiBoard, they all will work for keeping moisture out of your existing subfloors. Simply use thin-set mortar to apply them to your existing floor, use joint tape between the boards and apply the mortar over the tape seams to ensure no moisture will get through the crevices. Then use 1 1/2″ to 2″ backerboard screws on center with your boards (green with a square head to eliminate slippage) and there you go….a new surface for your tile! All of these products can be found at any local home center, but the key is to getting a tile backerboard in the kitchen subfloor first, and hopefully not plywood.
Hope this helps you out,
aboveaveragejoe
aboveaveragejoe
November 5, 2013 at 8:45 am