Ditra Plywood Floor Leveler

My bathroom floor needs some floor leveler well a lot of leveler.

Ditra plywood floor leveler.

Ditra helps with horizontal movement but does nothing for vertical movement which is why your floor needs to be up to snuff before installation. The peel n stick tile i put down cracked within a year. Joist spacing single layer osb or plywood subfloor d w19 t 20 ceramic or porcelain tile schluter set schluter all set schluter fast set or unmodified thin set mortar. An underlayment is a thin layer of material sandwiched between two other materials.

It is 6 x7 and the floor slopes a quarter inch over the 6 width. Wood floors interior ceramic or porcelain tile 5 19 2 488 mm o c. You might get lucky on the vertical depending on where it happened on the sheet and where the tile lined up but that s just a coincidence not a guarantee. The subfloor is 3 4 x 7 tongue and groove plank with some knots set on the diagonal.

Any leveling of the subfloor must be done prior to the installation of the membrane. Ditra and ditra xl were designed and tested for thin bed ceramic tile and natural stone applications. This quick setting underlayment can be applied to 1 5 in. It s used to help insulate absorb sound and reduce wear on your floor.

The subfloor is 5 8 t g plywood joists 2x12 on 12 centers. Unlike faye above i know my subfloor is not level. Levelquik rs rapid setting self leveling underlayment helps level floors prior to the installation of ceramic tile natural stone resilient flooring carpet wood and other floor coverings. We recommend unmodified thin set mortar on a floor that has been leveled with a self leveling product.

Use an underlayment floor leveler or floor patch product to fix low spots in a wood or concrete subfloor. Can i use a self leveling product under ditra. I plan to use the thinner ditra uncoupling membrane. If i use a self leveler on my plywood subfloor which type of thin set mortar do i used to install schluter ditra or ditra xl.

I don t think i can redo the subfloor. First time floor diy i would like to install porcelain stone or thin brick on my 1955 kitchen and hall floor. 3 8 cm thick in one pour and seeks its own level in minutes. When i pulled up the contractor grade sheet flooring the leveling material came away in patches.

So i removed it all to the plywood.