Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Stephen Bolinder: Every time I heard the door chime, my heart stopped. 2  Logan Pearsall Smith: There is one thing that matters -- to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.
While you can lay tile directly over a concrete slab using thin-set adhesive, donât make the mistake of applying tile directly to a plywood subfloor. No matter how firm the subfloor; the plywood will expand and contract at a different rate as the tile, causing cracks to develop in the grout lines or tiles over time.
Installing ceramic tile and porcelain tile over a plywood subfloor. 1  A plywood subfloor must be structurally sound and able to support the installation. 2  Tile floors are heavy and tile is a hard material. 3  It will break or dislodge if the surface bends under the load. 4  Remember that you need a very flat surface to work on.