Carpet Over Ditra

Cushioned vinyl is unacceptable.

Carpet over ditra.

Yes alternate floor coverings may be installed over schluter ditra heat or schluter ditra heat duo. Minimizes total thickness of the installed floor and this reduces the transition to flooring that is lower such as vinyl carpet or engineered wood. Perimeter bonded vinyl tile is unacceptable. There are three ditra s.

Ditra xl is 5 16 thick and is good for basement or slab floors where there can be a wider temperature difference. The combination of these four essential functions allows for the successful installation of tile over a wide range of substrates including plywood osb concrete gypsum heated floors etc. For the installer by the installer. Schluter systems is dedicated to providing innovative solutions for tile installation.

The schluter ditra heat system is suitable for applications with engineered wood vinyl wood plastic composite wpc luxury vinyl tiles lvt luxury vinyl planks lvp stone plastic composite spc tiles and planks and laminate flooring. This one is 1 8 thick for areas where you want just a small transition and temperature difference isn t that great. Alternate floor coverings over ditra heat ditra heat is suitable for applications with engineered wood vinyl wood plastic composite wpc luxury vinyl tiles lvt luxury vinyl planks lvp stone plastic composite spc tiles and planks and laminate flooring. Ditra is 1 8 3 mm thick which minimizes tile assembly thickness and reduces transitions to lower surface coverings e g carpet engineered wood and vinyl.

Allows you to install ceramic tile over a single layer of plywood or osb subfloors on joists with wider spacing such as 24 inches on center. I use all three. The schluter ditra uncoupling membrane is specifically designed to allow the installation of ceramic and stone tile over any even and load bearing substrate. See detail d v t in the schluter ditra installation handbook for complete list of limitations requirements and.

Ditra for radiant heat is the one for their electrical heat wire. Tutorial for how to install tile over ditra heat floor warming system by schluter. Since the cavities are dovetailed that means they go down and away from the opening you need to force thinset into the bottom corners of the cavities. Some limitations include the following.

Multiple layers of vinyl is unacceptable.