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jwasnewski · (This post was last modified: 06-02-2014 21:03 by jwasnewski.)

(05-30-2014 11:27)Gregg Wrote: Hey Leroy,
I probably wasn’t very clear on what I meant by a floating tile floor. When we started looking at tile flooring, there were several comments about big tile cracking in motor homes, due to vibration and stress. We wanted to avoid this so we looked for a tile which you installed without gluing it to the subfloor. Also, I didn’t want to put down backer board.
We found this product which is designed not to be glued.

It has a nonskid backing attached to the tile which snaps together forming an exact joint.

You then use their grout which I think is formulated with some adhesive. This holds the tile in place. I’m sure this holds in a home, in the Bird I used wood blocks wherever the tile wasn’t tight against something.

I see how it is floating. Thanks.

I have a floating laminate floor in my home. I wonder about it but to date it seems fine. I also have a floating tile floor installed over Schluter on the second floor. It is actually disconnected from the substrate and is rock solid. Interesting engineering.

My coach's tile has never cracked and is stuck tight.