Can I tile over OSB?
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MongoCT
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tile floor over Ditra + radiant heat...OSB ok?
Comments (1)Shouldn't be a problem....See More3/4' Hardwood over OSB
Comments (2)Here's what the OSB Industry has to say: osbguide.tecotested.com/pdfs/en/el813.pdf In part: "The National Wood Flooring Association and the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association have issued official policies on the use of hardwood flooring over OSB. Both associations recognize 23â32" or thicker OSB panels certified to U.S. D.O.C. Voluntary Product Standard PS2 as an acceptable underlay for nail-down wood strip flooring under prescribed conditions."...See MoreAnybody have experience with OSB plywood under cement board/tile?
Comments (4)weedyacres we had already bought the OSB before I started researching OSB vs. plywood. Although most articles seemed to prefer plywood, I did read that OSB is supposed to have the same performance. We had to rent a truck and everything just to get it from the store to our house, so we didn't think the cost/effort was worth returning the OSB for plywood (and hence my post, just to be sure :)). Why do you recommend it over OSB?...See MoreShaw 3/8 engineered glued over osb... ? Cork underlay?
Comments (17)Cork underlay comes in sheets - like a beach blanket. The installer throws down the sheet (large rectangle that is 2ft x 3ft in size) and it SITS THERE. Nothing holds it down. Ok...gravity and the floor on top hold it down...but that's just getting into semantics. The installers LOVE working with floating cork. It takes 10 minutes to get it into place. No nails. No glue. Nothing. Just some shims at the walls to maintain the expansion gap needed for the flooring. Then the wood floor is floated on top. The engineered hardwood (which SPECIFICALLY STATES IT CAN BE FLOATING) is then laid. The installer applies glue to the tongue/groove of the plank (appropriate glue...not just any glue). The wood is NOT attached to the cork. The cork is NOT attached to the subfloor. This is a "floating" floor (floating means there is nothing holding one surface to another). The glue is then allowed to cure (about 1 day). And you have a fully functional floating wood floor. Done. Done. And done. Fix the squeaking of the subfloor FIRST (screws are used to do this...which is what *should have been used to lay the OSB in the first place - but I digress). And then go ahead and lay the cork (it just sits there) and then the wood floating on top. Much cheaper and much faster than laying new sheathing and then gluing/nailing wood over top....See Moremahatmacat1
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