If you have an old slate floor and you don t like the look of it anymore but you don t want the work and expense of ripping it out one easy solution is to lay a floating floor over it.
Can you float hardwood over tile.
Floating floors were designed for.
We often float wood floors over concrete.
Unlike tongue and groove examples this type of floating hardwood floor relies on the use of a design that allows the ends of the boards to be laid in an over and under pattern that joins together to form a smooth surface.
Installing hardwood floors over tile.
If the hardwood flooring is composed of narrow boards with a very smooth flat surface you could leave the flooring in place and screw cement backer board down on top of it before applying the tile.
We place a layer of visqueen then two layers of half inch plywood then the wood floor.
But you are adding 1 3 4 to the floor build up.
A laminate floor is a floating floor which means it doesn t get nailed or glued to the subfloor.
What types of installations over tile.
Yes you can install hardwood floors over ceramic tile but with a few exceptions.
Whenever you install hardwood flooring over any type of subfloor you must ensure that it is completely level.
That makes it possible to install laminate over hardwood linoleum and vinyl and yes.
Yes you can lay a wood floor over tile if the existing floor is in good shape and without cracks.
The plywood is loose laid so the floor floats i don t see why you couldn t do something similar over tile.
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.
The simplest in terms of getting the job done without messy demo work would be a floating engineered floor.
Floating floors are not attached to the subfloor in any way but merely sit on top of it.
I would suggest 3 8 thick prefinished engineered hardwood flooring or easy to install laminate flooring.
If your ceramic tile has grout lines that give it texture you will need to fill those in to make your flooring completely level.
Can be installed directly over the existing subfloor.
One recent innovation in a floating hardwood floor is known as the lock and fold approach.
You can install laminate over tile.