This is the most horrible job ever. Surely anyone who ever had to pull this junk up, would never, ever put it in a house again! Anyway, my question is...After you grt it up, the floor is torn to shreds from the parquet sticking to the plywood and taking layers of it up with it. What is the next step? Do you just lay the tile board right on top of this bumpy plywood, or do you need to pour leveler over the entire floor? Anyone that's ever been here done that, please help!
2007-08-07 08:43:48 · 4 answers · asked by BERT 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
By torn to shreds, I mean there are two areas where the top layer is peeled away about an 1/8th of an inch deep - the areas are about 4 inches wide by 8 inches long. There are smaller areas of top layers peeling back all over. We're still not finished removing it so I don't know how the rest of ot will go.
2007-08-07 10:58:25 · update #1
You do NOT want to use a pour leveler. It may crack in years to come and cause problems. Get a floor sander and sand the floor with a rough sand paper. 60 grid ?. Then do the backer board. Remember the most important part of the installing is the floor prep.
2007-08-07 08:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by rlbendele1 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Surely if it were a large and deep enough gouge in the plywood you, would want to pour some filler in there. Moving a fridge or other heavy object could crack the tile if not leveled properly. Once you've repaired gouges, you can put down the tile board. Hang in there, once you're done you'll be glad you tiled. ;-)
2007-08-07 09:21:43 · answer #2 · answered by Tony 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Measure the hallway opening at the bottom of the tee ,then the neck of the tee only ,split the difference at each end , If its 32 inches wide at the bottom of the tee center will be 16 inches, if the neck of the tee is wider like 34 inches then 17 is center at that end, snap your line !! theirs no need to put a line in the top of the tee ,it will take care of its self. vinyl tile has a factory edge ,make sure the arrows on the glue side ( bottom ) are going the same way !! if the floor is concrete , clean then seal with 50/50 mix of elmers white glue & water apply with a paint roller let it dry , then get to work !!!!!!!!! that tile will never ever come up!!
2016-04-01 04:09:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you mean by "torn to shreds". If you've just stripped some of the wood at the surface, even though it doesn't look pretty, you should be ok because when you put down the backerboard, you have to use thinset between the plywood and backerboard. If you've really damaged the wood badly, you'll have to replace it.
2007-08-07 09:23:42 · answer #4 · answered by TB28 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋