Ceramic tile flooring is one of the best choices you can make for your upstairs bath.
Floor tiling upstairs bathrooms.
Cover up an old floor whether you re replacing an old shabby bathroom flooring tile or installing a new one you can t beat ceramic or stone tile for durability and appearance.
Porcelain tile is the best of all worlds for bathroom flooring as it is waterproof stylish and cost effective.
Excess moisture will eventually cause the wood to warp and crack.
When laid properly it s virtually a forever floor tiling that requires almost no care and maintenance.
Concrete subfloors are prepared differently than wood subfloors.
Most houses in england are terraced or semi detached houses and most bathrooms are upstairs.
The subfloor must be able to hold the weight of the tile and preparation materials required to complete the installation.
Like wood flooring tile looks great.
There s even advice on how to tile around a toilet.
Preparation for installing floor tile depends on the type of subfloor in the room you are tiling.
This means that in 9 10 cases bathrooms have subfloors constructed from floorboards or chipboard screwed or nailed onto joists.
I have some very large ceramic tiles and some unibond flixible floor adhesive grout.
When you are installing tile on a second floor you may be concerned that the floor isn t strong enough to support the weight of tiles and mortar.
However you can strengthen the subfloor with a layer of cement backerboard and then install tile on the floor as you would with any other tiling project.
Parquet and tongue and groove floors are particularly ill suited for a damp bathroom.
Not only is it one of the most durable flooring materials you can choose from but it s also one of the most.
I plan on ceramic tiling my upstairs bathroom floor.
Solid wood flooring might look fantastic but it is never recommended for bathroom flooring.
Both require specialist attention in order to prepare them for tiling.
Like stone porcelain tile can achieve a rich textured solid feeling.
I have hard board floor.
Porcelain or ceramic tile.
I am concerned the tiles will crack when walked on and want your advice before i begin.