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Our wooden floors can be placed over existing tile or flagstone floors.

TILES / FLOORING AS SUBFLOOR

A flagstone is a flat floor tile that is baked from porcelain clay or clay. A tile consists of baked layers of clay. To protect them from dirt, the tile and tiles are usually glazed. You can also give them shine with this. There are different types of tiled floors: Ceramic tile floors and natural stone floors.

Ceramic tiles can be divided into:

  • Terracotta tiles: also known as farmers' tiles. Also suitable for outdoor use after treatment.
  • Quarry tiles: made of clay and highly resistant to water and moisture. Are made in mass quantities.
  • Porcelain stoneware: made from a combination of clay and earth, pressed together under high pressure and fired at high temperatures.
  • Gres Tiles / all-ceramic tiles: are baked with minerals at high temperatures. Can be finished with a glazed top layer, through the top layer motifs can be applied which can create a matte or glossy appearance.
  • Cement tiles: are made in many sizes and shapes. Consist of two layers; a low motif and a low cement. Many colors are possible due to the motif layer.
  • Cement tile floors are porous and therefore require more maintenance.
  • Mono Cuisson Tiles: comparable to cement tiles, but less thick and require less maintenance. The tiles are least wear-resistant and therefore not suitable for use in heavily trafficked areas. Faience tiles: are more sensitive to scratches, which is why they are often used as wall tiles or toilet tiles.

We often encounter tiles/tiled floors in existing homes. The condition of these floors varies. We see perfectly flat floors, without damage and we encounter tile/tile floors where the tiles/tiles are broken or damaged or where hollow spots are audible when tapped.

Every basic floor must be permanently dry, hard, flat, clean and load-bearing. So if you have a floor that does not meet these requirements, this will have to be resolved first.

HUMIDITY

Residual moisture measurement cannot be carried out on a tile/tiled floor.

FLATNESS OF THE FLOOR

If the tile/tiled floor is not flat, it is advisable to level the floor first. A layer of 3 mm leveling compound is normally sufficient to tighten the floor. After 24 hours the floor can be worked on again. If you see that tiles/tiles are broken, they need to be removed and filled (for example with leveling compound). If you hear hollow spots in the surface, we recommend that you also remove these tiles. otherwise the hollow spots will remain audible with the wooden floor.

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FLOATING OR GLUED INSTALLATION?

A floor plank can be placed either floating or fully glued on a tile/tiled floor. We will always have to fully glue a patterned floor, such as the chevron pattern and herringbone floor. With the floating floor, we will install an intermediate floor (foil) that is separate from the screed floor and can absorb any unevenness.

Please note that with a floating floor, movement is always noticeable when using the floor. When gluing, the tiles/tiled floor must be degreased and then the tiles/tiled floor must be roughened to ensure sufficient adhesion of the primer and the adhesive bond for the wooden floor.

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TILE FLOOR / FLOORING - UNDERFLOOR HEATING COMBINATION

On an existing tiled floor where underfloor heating is already present in the floor, it is quite possible to glue a wooden floor directly over it. You do not have to remove the existing floor and you can simply lay the new wooden floor over the existing floor. It is usually not possible to install a milled underfloor heating system in an existing tiled floor. The milling work causes the tiles/tiled floor to break; the tiles/tiled floor must be removed first. Uipkes wooden floors can facilitate this. More information about milling in underfloor heating system can be found here.

A dry construction underfloor heating system can be used on an existing tiled floor. More information about a dry construction underfloor heating system can be found here. You can also have the underfloor heating installed by Uipkes.

POINTS TO CONSIDER FOR THE TILES/PLACES AS A SUBFLOOR

  • The tile/tiled floor should have no broken parts and be flat
  • Check the floor for hollow spots. The floor may need to be leveled
  • It is not possible to mill underfloor heating system into a tiled floor