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Compensating for Plywood thickness

| Posted in General Discussion on February 5, 2004 02:47am

I am laying a tile floor in my bath. When I pulled the carpet up I found one of the sheets of 5/8″ sub-floor had delaminated. I cut out the 65″x 21″ area, went to my supply house and found that all anyone now carries is 19/32 thick ply. My question is, will the latex-portland mastic between the sub-floor and the backer board make up the 1/32 nd difference or do I need to cut some shims and glue them to the joists??

JC O’Keeffe

 

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  1. jpawlikowsky | Feb 05, 2004 03:07am | #1

           I don't consider myself a tile guy by any means. I've done a few jobs in some of my rentals. A 32nd is really nothing to sweat,just throw on a little more adhesive.

    1. cokeeffe | Feb 05, 2004 04:05am | #2

      Thank you for the advice. It was just the feedback I was looking for. I would hate to lay a floor and then notice everyday that there was a dip. The area in question is not in  a really obvious location.

      again, TNX

      JC O'Keeffe

      Alpharetta, GA

  2. DanH | Feb 05, 2004 04:54am | #3

    Yeah, 1/32" is no big deal for cement-based mastic. In fact, the old stuff may have been that thick -- it's just "truth in advertising" that they now tell you they sanded off 1/32".

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    JeffBuck | Feb 05, 2004 05:16am | #4

    Hope ya mean ...

    Latex Portland "thinset" ...

    not "mastic. (no mastic on any floors)

    and that little bit ain't nothing at all ....

    Jeff

    Buck Construction   Pittsburgh,PA

         Artistry in Carpentry                

    1. cokeeffe | Feb 05, 2004 05:01pm | #7

      I did mean thin set. I was typing out the message while my wife was calling me to dinner and my mind came up blank with the material after the latex-portland and all I could think of was mastic.

      I appreciate your feed-back!

      JC O'Keeffe

      1. User avater
        JeffBuck | Feb 06, 2004 01:06am | #8

        sounds like no problem at all then.

        Happy tiling ...

        JeffBuck Construction   Pittsburgh,PA

             Artistry in Carpentry                

  4. jimmythetoe | Feb 05, 2004 08:02am | #5

    are you sure you want to stick tile to a plywood underlayment ? i would tear it all up and install wonderboard or hardibacker .

    1. cokeeffe | Feb 05, 2004 04:58pm | #6

      I probably wasn't clear enough in stating my problem. I AM going to use a backer board. The backer board should cover the 1/32" variation, but I am cautious enough to ask for some guidance before laying down the backer and the tile  and then staning back and going "gosh that looks bad."

      I plan on going with Georgia Pacific DensShield Tile Guard. I have used Hardee Board in the past, but it is sure hard to work with.

      Thank you for your reply!

      JC O'Keeffe

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