subfloor

A floor is the bottom surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many layered surfaces made with modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal or any other material that can support the expected load.
The levels of a building are often referred to as floors, although sometimes referred to as storeys.
Floors typically consist of a subfloor for support and a floor covering used to give a good walking surface. In modern buildings the subfloor often has electrical wiring, plumbing, and other services built in. As floors must meet many needs, some essential to safety, floors are built to strict building codes in some regions.

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    subfloor backer boards

    Hi guys/girls, i have taken up the old flooring and found that the floor is not quite level across the 13m run and wanted to know is it possible to use sand cement to level the backer boards im about to put down as doing it in slc would be financial suicide due to the size, the floor is wood and...
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    Tile subfloor over osb new construction

    I was shown how to prepare the underlayment for a ceramic tile floor by simply laying 1 layer of plywood on top of the OSB flooring on a new home. The plywood was glued on with PL 400 adhesive and then screwed down every 6 inches. The tiles are now all cracking and coming loose and some of them...
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    Please advise on subfloor, UFH and large porcelain tiles.

    We had a tiler do our bathroom floor. He put 12mm ply onto our floorboards with lots of screws. He put the 450x450 ceramic tiles into flexible adhesive and flex. grout. We were v. pleased with the job. So we said he could do our kitchen diner. This room is much bigger at 24m2 and has a mixed...
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    Advice please - Newbuild subfloor for tiling

    Hi there 1st post (of many no doubt), so here goes.... Currently in the process of building a self build house. 2 of the bathrooms are having Travertine type floor/wall tiles. The 22mm chipboard flooring is being installed throughout the 1st floor in the next few days. I have been advised...

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