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.
While I prefer using 1/2â cement backer board over a plywood subfloor, you may be able to get by with 1/4â backer board instead. Even if you use a waterproof underlayment membrane, such as Ditra, the floor will still be either 1/4â³ or 1/2â higher than the subfloor, plus the thickness of the tile and adhesive.