How To Level Plywood Bathroom Floor Before Tile

Check the level again.

How to level plywood bathroom floor before tile.

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. 2 to pour self leveler on plywood directly and skip hardiback.

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. 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. Leveling a floor can be either a do it yourself project or a job for the pros depending on what s causing the problem.

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. 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. 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.

Place your level in several different spots as you did before to get a more accurate reading of the floor s overall slope. And 3 grind the hump of the plywood. I was going to install a hardwood floor 5 8 thickness but ther. A subfloor is the bottom most structural level of your floor.