If you're going to remodel a bathroom and you're thinking about installing plywood, OSB, particleboard, cement, mortar, concrete or tile backing board to the top of the existing floor, then you're going to be watching the right video. It's a problem that seems to be getting worse as more do-it-yourselfers start to do their own bathroom remodels. So here is some advice for contractors as well as homeowners who are planning on fixing or repairing a damaged bathroom floor so that you can install new flooring.

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Let me first preface this post by saying, DIYers sometimes get a bad rap. But honestly, sometimes we earn it. We cut corners, we find shortcuts, we think to ourselves “Oh this is good enough. You aren’t going to see this or that.” Even Jules and I have been guilty of this in the past.

Nothing that would be dangerous, but shortcuts nonetheless. Well, when we moved into this new house, we made a pact that we weren’t going to do that anymore. If we tackled a project, we’d approach it like a contractor and do whatever was needed to make it structurally sound and “up to code.” And even though this has created a lot of extra work on this flooring project, we’ve also uncovered several major problems that would have just gotten worse and worse otherwise. So we’re glad we’re doing it. Now, for our story. When we first started thinking about replacing our floors, I’ll admit we were a little naive.

How to install myanmar font on sony xperia download. Okay, maybe a lot naive. Jules and I saw flooring as stuff you put on your floors. “Oh hey, I want wood floors. I’m gonna put in wood floors.” “Oh hey, I want tile floors. I’m gonna put in tile floors.” Shouldn’t it be that simple? Whether it should or shouldn’t is irrelevant. Fact of the matter is, for us, it’s not that simple. Goodness sakes, it’s not simple at all!

A couple months ago, Jules and I were trying to decide between doing floors. We kept thinking, “Man, taking this current tile out is a big job, but from there it’s smooth sailing.” Pfft.

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In speaking with a wood flooring company that wanted to work with us, they helped us determine that our subfloor is made of 5/8 particle board, on top of 5/8 plywood. “Ok” I thought, “well wood is wood. It’s a subfloor.” Turns out, you can’t nail into particle board, and using other products that just stick wood to subfloor can void the warranty of your wood flooring.

If we wanted wood, we’d have to rip out all the particle board, and THAT was just too much work. So, tile it is! Our friends over at The Tile Shop were just as eager to work with us again as we were them (we seriously love them over there – they’re so helpful and friendly). We started talking with a few of their professionals and when it came out that we have particle board subfloors, they were concerned.

Turns out, particle board is horrible for almost anything construction related. The problem is, particle board is just glue and sawdust, and it absorbs liquid like a sponge (it also doesn’t hold nails, hence not being able to use it for wood flooring). When it absorbs liquid, it swells. So with tile, the liquid in the thinset is absorbed by the particle board, which causes it to swell and the tile floor is uneven and cracks.

OUR LATEST VIDEOS When they told me this, I was so confused. “Butwe have tile. Installed over particle board.

I don’t understand.” Well, upon closer inspection, our tile floors are pretty uneven. And after ripping the tile out, you can see places where the particle board has swelled. We never noticed it because the look of our tile did a good job of hiding it. But with faux wood tile, we are determined to make the entire surface flat and even, as though it’s actual wood.