I'm probably a dinosaur but I'll go with vinyl (over ceramic tile) every time for kitchens and bathrooms.
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of G Mann via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 4:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Opinions needed on flooring If you are building a new house for yourself, bathrooms and laundry rooms.. kitchen sink areas, use marine grade 5 ply plywood... it is made to be exposed to water and will hold up years longer than particle board flooring underlayment. Since the Kaleb rent house has a history of soft water damaged particle boards in those areas... rip it out and install marine grade plywood... you have broken tile because the particle board got wet and went soft.. floor flexed,, tiles broke.. While the floor is open to the floor joists.... get fans running to dry the joists, and re-route AC condensate drains OUT of the area.... AC condensate drains always plug up internally with algae, then the drains back up, leak, and make water damage..Run them OUTSIDE the foundation and make them so you can run a drain snake up them at least once a year to clear the algae buildup... You aren't going to run AC in the winter, so draining to outside the foundation will be OK.. On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 12:48 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Mon, August 10, 2020 10:10 am, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > When they installed the tile in this house when it was built they > > apparently installed it directly on the osb subfloor. As a result we > > have had tiles thru the entire house crack over the years. > > It varies with tile size (bigger tiles require stiffer subfloor) but > IIRC you need about 5/4 inch of wood to support tile without cementboard. > > How thick is it, 3/4, 25/32, 1 1/8? > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
