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Tips on Installing Bathroom Floor TileBy Mark J. DonovanLast
weekend I spent much of it tiling a bathroom floor. The weekend
prior I prepared the subfloor by removing the old linoleum, rough
sanding the subfloor, and installing additional screws into the
subfloor. The subfloor was a ¼†Luan
based material resting on ¾†tongue and
groove plywood. Though I have heard complaints of installing
ceramic tile on Luan, I have never experienced a problem with
loosening tiles on a Luan base. I believe as long as the floor is
solid and the Luan surface is roughed up sufficiently with
sandpaper the ceramic tiles will adhere well.This all said, when
tiling a bathroom floor, or any floor, it is important that the
base subfloor be extremely solid and have no perceivable
deflections. In addition, wh...
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