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In the 17' x 17' kitchen/bathroom reno I'm doing I have completed the sub-floor. If you recall from my earlier entries I sistered-up the original sagging joists by gluing and screwing 2 x 6's to all of them, then I glued and screwed 3/4" plywood across the span. The floor feels as solid as a cement floor and the flatness is unbelievable. It "dips" by about 1/8 across a couple of 4 x 8 sheets. This could be the joint made by lining up the 10' joists end to end to acheive the 17' span. Nevertheless, it is still within tolerances-correct me if I'm wrong!
I have purposely left 1/8" expansion gaps between all sheets of 3/4. Do I now need to join them with a floor patch?
The customer wants ceramic on the utility part of the kitchen and in the bathroom. She wants floating floor everywhere else (dinette and hallway leading to kitchen). I figure the height of the ceramic with thinset will be 1/2". The ceramic tile guy wants me to use a cementboard underlay of 1/2" thickness. That'll total 1" in height. My floating floor is 3/8. Add the foam underlay and you've got 1/2" total. Do I use 1/2" plywood everywhere else and lay them adjacent to the cementboard? Assuming the heights will be equal and using a transition joint between the floating floor and tile, I think it'll look nice, but it is correct to do it like this?
Thanks,
Craig
In the 17' x 17' kitchen/bathroom reno I'm doing I have completed the sub-floor. If you recall from my earlier entries I sistered-up the original sagging joists by gluing and screwing 2 x 6's to all of them, then I glued and screwed 3/4" plywood across the span. The floor feels as solid as a cement floor and the flatness is unbelievable. It "dips" by about 1/8 across a couple of 4 x 8 sheets. This could be the joint made by lining up the 10' joists end to end to acheive the 17' span. Nevertheless, it is still within tolerances-correct me if I'm wrong!
I have purposely left 1/8" expansion gaps between all sheets of 3/4. Do I now need to join them with a floor patch?
The customer wants ceramic on the utility part of the kitchen and in the bathroom. She wants floating floor everywhere else (dinette and hallway leading to kitchen). I figure the height of the ceramic with thinset will be 1/2". The ceramic tile guy wants me to use a cementboard underlay of 1/2" thickness. That'll total 1" in height. My floating floor is 3/8. Add the foam underlay and you've got 1/2" total. Do I use 1/2" plywood everywhere else and lay them adjacent to the cementboard? Assuming the heights will be equal and using a transition joint between the floating floor and tile, I think it'll look nice, but it is correct to do it like this?
Thanks,
Craig
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