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Okay, I'm working on getting a tile floor down, still planning.
I yanked off the molding today in the kitchen to see what I've got. I found a number of things.
First, the walls butt the drywall down against the subfloor. Is it okay to build up the additional subfloor around the drywall, rather than cutting drywall and building floor under it? This is subfloor to support tile and granite counter top. I've never done this in particular; I imagine the walls won't be getting any heavier.
I'm building out a 30 inch height wall across most of the entrance, leaving a 30 inch wide entrance. This will supply a backing for additional cabinets and support for a counter top. Behind this will be stools, so the counter top will act as a table. Something in this spirit, although most certainly not in this style. Should I build the subfloor first, and then the new wall on top? Or build the wall and then cut the plywood to go around it?
Second, the linoleum tile I'm taking up is 1/8 inch; there is a 1/8 inch thin wood board underneath, not subfloor material, stapled down that needs to be taken up as well. That's another 1/4 inch. There's a 2 3/16 inch drop total at the rear door. I was thinking the tile + 1/4 hardiebacker + mortar would come to around 3/4, leaving 1 7/16. There's a 3/4 inch round molding piece at the door, leaving 11/16 or 22/32.
I guess a 23/32 plywood subfloor layer is appropriate? I should just make it.... or I can pick a narrower molding than 3/4 inch for the bottom round, I guess. The floor is stable enough for tile--I brought the tile and mortar in and stacked it up in a pile on the kitchen floor, it held--but more plywood is always structurally better.
This floor is going to extend into the living room, where it will support hardwood instead of tile. I'm going to use screws in the groove instead of nails... the floor's going to support a piano, but that only weighs 200 pounds. I'm more concerned about the full stainless steel refrigerator on a smaller footprint.
Too much information?
I yanked off the molding today in the kitchen to see what I've got. I found a number of things.
First, the walls butt the drywall down against the subfloor. Is it okay to build up the additional subfloor around the drywall, rather than cutting drywall and building floor under it? This is subfloor to support tile and granite counter top. I've never done this in particular; I imagine the walls won't be getting any heavier.
I'm building out a 30 inch height wall across most of the entrance, leaving a 30 inch wide entrance. This will supply a backing for additional cabinets and support for a counter top. Behind this will be stools, so the counter top will act as a table. Something in this spirit, although most certainly not in this style. Should I build the subfloor first, and then the new wall on top? Or build the wall and then cut the plywood to go around it?
Second, the linoleum tile I'm taking up is 1/8 inch; there is a 1/8 inch thin wood board underneath, not subfloor material, stapled down that needs to be taken up as well. That's another 1/4 inch. There's a 2 3/16 inch drop total at the rear door. I was thinking the tile + 1/4 hardiebacker + mortar would come to around 3/4, leaving 1 7/16. There's a 3/4 inch round molding piece at the door, leaving 11/16 or 22/32.
I guess a 23/32 plywood subfloor layer is appropriate? I should just make it.... or I can pick a narrower molding than 3/4 inch for the bottom round, I guess. The floor is stable enough for tile--I brought the tile and mortar in and stacked it up in a pile on the kitchen floor, it held--but more plywood is always structurally better.
This floor is going to extend into the living room, where it will support hardwood instead of tile. I'm going to use screws in the groove instead of nails... the floor's going to support a piano, but that only weighs 200 pounds. I'm more concerned about the full stainless steel refrigerator on a smaller footprint.
Too much information?
