Ceramic tile and natural stone floors are prevalent in millions of homes across the world. They come in all shapes, sizes, and textures, and they can dramatically enhance the appearance and value of a home. However, installing them on an unsound floor structure can turn your once-beautiful floors into a cracking and separating mess over time and cost you thousands.
As DIY’ers, most of us do not have structural engineering backgrounds upon which to rely, so it’s tempting and easy to skip the seemingly hard step of examining a floor’s structure and proceed straight to laying tile. Check out this discussion on deflection and the included demo of the simple and easy-to-use JohnBridge.com Deflectolator tool.
