I am about to redo my laundry room. I am going to take out the old subfloor, replace it and lay tiles down. I noticed that laying tiles + mortar will add height to the floor. This isnt a problem for the door because it swings out...but it will create a small step right when you are entering the laundry room. What do people do about this? I dont even know how to search google for this information because I have no idea what key terms to put out

 

put a caution sign :chuckles:

 

You mean, you are going to take out the floors? the subfloor serves as a base for the main floors. What material is the subfloor, concrete or wood?

 

why replace subfloor?
with what, plywood or concrete board?
fyi tiles crack under washer/dryer easily, plan accordingly

subfloor is easy to replace, but a bitch to remove
i spliced in a few water damage spots when doing my parents floor, it wasnt too bad at all under the carpet and whatnot
but next to their tub was a bitch, all the particleboard was waterlogged and corroded to shit and not flat at all so all the tiles were cracked
replaced with concrete and tiled over, needs to be redone again when new tub goes in soon, was just a temp fix a few yrs ago

pics?

 

what is the flooring in the room going into the laundry room? tile, carpet, hardwood? you usually have some kind of transition depending on what you're meeting it with.

 

Chances are you have a subfloor with an underlayment on top of it. You will remove the current flooring (carpet, vinyl, etc) and then remove the underlayment. The underlayment is usually a chip/particle board. Beneath it, there should be a plywood subfloor. You would put your cement board on that and fasten it accordingly, then tape and mud the cement board, then put your tile on top of that. As for the transition, you will need a piece of threshold trim. It is routered on half about 1/2 tall and will sit flush on the other side. It will make a nice transition.

Kind of looks like this.

 

Werd... Only problem is making sure the reducing strip matches the existing wood.... That is if the other room is wood. If not a piece of mable could work but it's usually used in bathrooms and some peep find marble to be tacky.

 

Thanks for the replies... I have to take a pic before responding

Stay tuned.

 

I might be wrong about subfloor. My floor is currently: vinyl on top of OSB on top of joists. I am removing the vinyl and OSB.

Post pics in a few

I was going to replace it the OSB with plywood. I am replacing it because I think the previous owner did a shitty job with any renovations they did. The laundry room is an add on to the house.

The flooring in the laundry room is going to be tile. There is not really any transitioning. You can tell in the pics...but I guess it will transition from the outside patio.

BRB, pics.

 

Standing outside on the patio looking in


This is the step. By adding tile / mortar and whatever else, it will create a step when you walk into the laundry room.


Ripped out the vinyl and OBS is exposed.



Thanks.