Stone Tile Floor On Wood Joist

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Stone tile floor on wood joist. Similarly i have criteria out there for tile and stone floors that talk about the 300 lb. However the limit on total deflection is span 720 resulting in the need for total deflection to be only 0 50 half of the 1 00 value for span 360. If we use the same joist total deflection will be 1 50 1 25 0 25. Service rating residential with minimum 15 32 thick underlayment.

On center systems these floors often have deflection between the joists exceeding l 360. I am aware of the marble institute criteria for l 720 deflection. I understand this to be a total load requirement. Having a strong core structure and natural uniform characteristics engineered wood is stable strong and stylis.

Tile expert michael byrne has written i won t install a tile floor unless the subfloor and the underlayment are at least 1 1 4 in. Now want to tile entire area with natural stone probably 400x600mm tile size but have had conflicting advice from tradesmen one to screw 18mm plywood to joists and then tile on top another to use tilebacker boards 6mm screwed to joists and tile directly unto those would help with height restriction but don t want to have to much movement or fall through floor so any solutions would. Thin set ceramic tile 8 3 ceramic floor tile 4 7 psf cementitious backer board 3 0 psf wood structural panel subfloor 2 3 psf bci joists at 16 on center 2 5 psf gypsum board ceiling 2 2 psf miscellaneous 2 3 psf dead load 17 psf total load deflection limit l 360 stone tile on full mortar bed stone tile 8 0 psf 2 mortar bed 24. Recent research has shown tile to fail under some conditions when the floor is more rigid than l 360.

Now consider the same floor joist supporting stone tile flooring such that floor dead load is now 20 psf. Interior floors over wood f250 16 stone joists 16 o c plywood subfloor plywood underlayment backer board natural stone tile recommended uses for wood substrates where thin bed installation is desired. Stonetile s team of wood specialists search to form partnerships with factories in order to create our signature collections. Engineered wood flooring performs consistently better than solid wood.

Holly if your joists are 24 inches on center you need to be sure that you ve properly planned for deflection. Point load deflection requirement. Veneer lumber lvl glue laminated timber glulam and other engineered wood beams or joists that supports wood sub floors under all distributed or concentrated live and dead loads shall not exceed 1 480 of the span where a ceramic tile or brick finish is adhered to an underlayment installed over a structural sub floor.