Hello everyone:
This is my first post on here, so I will try and do it right! My wife and I are presently installing hydronic radiant heat in our house. On the main floor, we used the sandwich method, using 1×6 lumber. The largest gap between any peice of lumber is 3/4″. We covered everything with 1/4″ mahogony, as it was the cheapest to use(and surprisingly stiff). In the future, we plan to intstall ceramic tile in the kitchen, dining room, etc. but this won’t be for perhaps a year… In the meantime, my wife would like to stain the floor. Would there be any problem with thinset sticking to the mahogany, being impregnated with stain?
Thanks,
Greg
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Tiling over hardwood floor is a no no with or without stain. You will need to apply backerboard or a membrane.
Regards,
Boris
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Just to clarify Boris' post slightly................Luan Mahogany is considered a hardwood. Tiling over this is NOT a good idea.
I have no idea what affect the finishes will have on it's tile-ability. I still wouldn't do it though.
Eric
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Luan Mahogany? I'm not familiar with that. Just for clarification, the mahogany is similar to plywood, ie it comes in 4x8 sheets. Does that make any difference?Thanks,
Greg
It's called luan mahogany to differentiate it from honduras or cuban or whatever mahogany, the good stuff. Luan mahiogany is plantation grown trees of the mahoigany family that is used for plywood cuz it has very few defects (knots). It is frequently used as an underlaymnent for sheet vinyl floors (congoleum). If you read the instructions on the thinset bag, it will probably specifically forbid luan mahogany underlayment.
If you like it as your temporary flooring, great. Just plan to replace it with a layer of 3/4" underlayment grade plywood before tiling. You might could just overl;ay the luan with hardiebacker or whatever, but the additional layer of 3/4 ply will help stiffenb the floor.
I'm sorry, I thought you wanted it done the right way.
Hmmm... thanks for the responce. I think I need to talk to the guy at the hardware store who sold it to me, and specifically said that thinset would not be a problem sticking to it.Thanks,
Greg
won't work before or after stain....
you'll have to cver that with a hardi board or some like prouct...
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