What is this sub-floor and how to even it up?

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Hi folks,

Am planning to tile my cloak room floor, so ripped out my old capret (yes, it had carpet there!) and the underlay. There's a subfloor made of wood, which seems to be glued to the concrete floor underneath. I don't want to pry it out, very messy. So, how to I even the floor - can't lay adhesive directly on it.

What's this sub-floor? How do I even it up and actually, raise it up to a level so that when I put the tiles, its levelled up with the outside room?

Attached is a pic.

Thanks
 

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Looks like cork tiles . I've asked for it to be moved to tiling forum
 
It is cork tiles (googled it now)!

How do I lay normal Porcelin tiles over it? As I mentioned, this cork tiles floor is bit low and needs to be raised up, then only I can put the Porcelin tiles. What can I use to achieve that?
 
Cork is compressible to a degree, so I doubt that it would be an ideal underlayment for tile. I would not leave it in. Chisel, scrape, chop out then screed - SDS drill and a tile chisel or SDS wood chisel.might do the job. It is likely to be PIA to remove
 
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