How To Install Ditra Mat On Plywood

I think i m going to be cutting it close but will be okay assuming that thinset raked with a 1 4 square notch trowel will wind up compressing to about 1 8 after setting the tile and a 1 4 v.

How to install ditra mat on plywood.

This is what creates the bond between the ditra mat and the plywood or o s b. Time to install the mat i grabbed the schluter ditra xl and carried it upstairs this was much easier than carrying up the 20 or so bags of concrete it would have taken for the other option the 175 sq ft roll of schluter pad we had weighed about 10 pounds. Install the ditra heat mat one day and install the electric heat wire a different day. Lay the ditra mat on the thinset that you just troweled onto the substrate.

Ditra has a fleece on the back side that becomes embeded into the thinset. I want to install 12 porcelain tile with ditra on our foyer. For use over concrete floors it says to put the ditra down with unmodified thinset then used unmodified to put the tile down as well. Will the thinset layers plywood ditra and ditra tile be 3 8 or less.

Step 4 embed the ditra mat into the thinset. This will allow the ditra mat to lay flat. Subtracting the tile and ditra thickness leaves me with 3 8 left for thinset. Again i think this is a bad idea.

The joists are 2x6. Now for use of ditra over plywood subfloor it says on the package to use modified thinset to put the ditra down to the plywood and unmodified to put the tile down.