Tiling Mobile Home Floors

What types of floors do you recommend for mobile homes.

Tiling mobile home floors.

Ceramic tile should be laid on a sub floor that has very little deflection or spring in it. Laminate take a look at home flooring pros post called pros and cons of laminate flooring vs hardwood vinyl other flooring. Should i work on the walls first or floors first. Both of these materials used for flooring are much better in regards to water resistance.

The floor can t have too much deflection and you have to install the tile properly per the installation product manufacturer s direction and per industry. However even homes with these newer flooring materials the floors can still bow soften and warp. Laying tile and some floating flooring is a day in the park compared to subfloor replacements. Hi everyone i am a competent diy er and have undertaken a re furb on a park mobile home everything is going well and i am soon to undertake tiling the bathroom i have had various suggestions regarding the best way to successfully do this the walls are pretty flexible and apart from inside the shower enclosure which has been overboarded they have just been stripped of the original wallpaper.

2 nd the sub floors are usually made of a particle type board a high quality board though not designed for a lasting nail hold of traditional nail down hardwood floorings. Mobile home experts tells us how to replace paint and insulate osb subfloors. Have to replace the subflooriing in my single wide trailer. Personally i wouldn t lay down cement board as then you have to use a cement tile setting compound which doesn t flex if your floor does which leads to cracks and tiles lifting.

Many types of laminate flooring are made to look just like hardwood floors but they are much easier to install and less expensive. In a mobile home with cheap carpet or linoleum upgrading to laminate flooring makes a big difference in the interior appearance. Newer mobile homes will either use a better particle board or oriented strand board osb. Tile has been installed on the floors of mobile homes for many years.

Floating floors are ideal for mobile homes for two reasons. Tile read up on this flooring with joseph lewitin s ceramic tile flooring pros and cons on the spruce. 1 st the base sub floor of these homes are prone to movement or future sagging. Tammy atchley says 3 years ago.