Cement Floor Over Ceramic Tile. This is an optional step, but can really benefit your tile installation in the long run. Seal and level the concrete. Ceramic tile is a tough flooring surface that is as hard to remove as it is to damage after it is in place.
This is an optional step, but can really benefit your tile installation in the long run. It's perfectly acceptable to put tile directly on concrete — with a couple of caveats. If you're laying tile on a concrete slab, consider installing an uncoupling membrane over the concrete to separate the tile from the concrete to protect your tiles against shifts in the concrete.
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You first need to consider how thick your concrete overlay will be. Placing cement boards over the concrete subfloor is an excellent way to create a solid and smooth subfloor. For ceramic tile, nail cement boards to the concrete floor with concrete nails so they won't move, then apply mastic, tile, and grout. Removing a ceramic tile floor is hard work.