Can I tile over wood flooring, it's a bedroom and will not have food or drinks in it ever.?

Question

Im taking the carpet up in that room, looking for some cheap easy to-do tiles. Should I put something in between the wood floor and the tiles or is a sealer all I need?!?

Answer 1

I'm assuming you mean peel and stick tiles.  If the wooden floor is absolutely smooth, it can be done.  Just keep in mind that ANY ridge, bump, tiny tiny splinter sticking out of the wood will transfer through to the surface of the vinyl tile.  Just be sure that the surface is as smooth as possible and yo should have no problems.

Answer 2

You will nedd to get some durarock at the home depot about 10 bucs a sheet and use fortified thinset and use a 1/4 inch knotched trowel and trowel it on and then lay the sheets on top of it and s***w it down about one s***w 6 to 10 inches apart. let it dry overnight and then get some fibraglass tape and more more fortified thinset and tape and fill in the cracks smoothing out with trowel. then let dry and use same thinset to glue down tile and then let dry then grout. could be a weekend project!!!!

Answer 3

if the wood is not really bad, I would go to home depot and rent a sander and bring the wood back to its natural beauty, wood floors are beautiful, tile is not a place for a bedroom and the really nice ones are expensive as well, but before you tile, think hard as I don't think you will really like it, so leave the carpet until you give it some more thought. but yes you can tile over the wood floor, but you would need to add a sub floor also.

Answer 4

As a fomer contractor, I would advise you to inspect the base of the floor after removing the carpet. Tile are very susceptible to cracking on uneven floors. Even on a wood base, I would  use a sealant and then mastic (cement). You didn't mention whether the wood floor is original "sub floor" (probably plywood) or hardwood. If the former, you should check that the floor is adequately based in the joists (screws not nails) to prevent movement and cracking.

Answer 5

if you are referring to actual ceramic tile over wood flooring, then no, you can't tile directly over it.  the wood has too much vibration to substantiate the ceramic.  you would need to install a 1/4" or 1/2" hardibacker or durarock type cement board before you install the ceramic tile.  thinset boards to wood using 1/4" notch of multiflex thinset (regular won't work.  ultraflex II from lowes is a good product to use) and s***w down every 6 inches across the board.  then your surface is ready to tile.  thinset tile to board, grout and seal and you have a new tiled bedroom floor.  :)  good luck!

Answer 6

Needs a good sub floor below the tile, otherwise the floor will flex and crack the tile. Do NOT use MDF as someone submitted, it is not suited for that application. Use plywood or OSB flooring product.

Answer 7

Linsay, you cannot fix floor tiles in to a boarded floor, because all the floor boards move seperately, and floor boards have gaps between them. I am assuming that you want to put in Vynal floor tiles. This may be a bigger job than you realise, because you would need to lay a sub-floor of, say, 8x4 sheets of  plywood  not mdf, and then the tiles. Really, really, the skirting boards should also be raised to allow the new boards to go under, and thus get a good clean finish, so if you can do that then, good luck with the work.

Answer 8

YES you can if the flooring gives you a good solid firm base, HOWEVER hardwood flooring does expand therefor you must install a crack barrier first, which you can buy at the tile store. Tell them your substraight and they will sell you right  barrier and adhesive. Otherwise when the wood expands and contracts it will crack tile, this barrier also will give the option of fairly easy change back to wood. 30 years contractor. JERRY GOOD TILEING!

Answer 9

You have to use one of these or simillar product, fiber board.   concrete board. wire mesh. tiles & tinset will NOT bond to wood .

Answer 10

Is there a reason for not pulling up the carpet and returning to the wood flooring beneath it?  Not sure why, if you have wood floors below the carpet, why would you want to lay tile down?

Answer 11

You will need a surface that is flatter than the wood.

Answer 12

tile in the bedroom?? ok....you will need to put down a flat surface....mdf....and then the mud....then the tile and grout.