Tiling over ceramic tiles

[Don777]

Hi Guys,

Been Renovating and playing with timber for years and having a lot of fun.

Particularly when it al goes mostly to plan and the finished thing/job look good.

Anyway the question , well it starts with I renovated my farther's den turning it into a library complete to rolling ladder etc, anyway after the job was left with a almost full box of knight's vinyl tiles ( really like ones ) hoping to use them somewhere one day ( yes I know everybody does this )

Well the tiles would look very nice it my partner's bathroom. Me and my big mouth.

The job Bathrrom floor is on concrete slab with small tiles on mortar base, condition of the tiles is good. The people in the next apartment replaced the tiles after two days of smashing them up with a crow bar ( too much noise and hard work )

Have heard about was self level stuff you put on top of the tiles then put vinyls tile over that..

Has anybody does this ??? ideas????? advise???? or cook dinner and said the current floor look great..

Don

[jimc]

Check out www.davco.com.au They have self leveling products but they will add height to the floor, impacting things like doors etc etc etc, however you have to scratch up the glaze with a belt sander or similar first. Davco also have tiling products that go directly over ceramic tiles, but you still need a key on the substrate first.

Probably easier to rip up the ceramic tiles...and Bunnings have $75 demolition drills perfectly suited to do that. My brother in law did his place 57 sqaure meters of tile stripped in less than 5 hours plus clean up time!

Best of luck

[numbat]

My brother in law did his place 57 sqaure meters of tile stripped in less than 5 hours plus clean up time!

Jim,

Were the tiles on concrete or timber?

Cheers

[namtrak]

I reckon you could hire a small jackhammer which would do the trick nicely. I think you;ll find it wiser to get rid of the existing tiles.

Cheers

[simon c]

We put new terracotta bathroom floor tiles directly over the existing ones. It went fine. There was already a 2 inch step into the room so the height didn't matter in this case

[Jacksin]

Why you would want to cover a good tiled floor with vinyl escapes me.

In Adelaide a lot of tilers tile over the existing floor tiles, as they have in my place that I purchased years ago. With the adhesives you get nowadays its easy. The only minor problems seems to be in raising the floor grates to the new level and shortening the door.
Jack

[mic-d]

I think you are in for a world of pain if you take up tiles that are in good condition. It's already a sound substrate except that the grout lines would eventually press through the vinyl tiles. Why don't you just lay sheets of tile underlay (4 or 5mm I think) over the tiles, glued of course. Set and feather any joints with something like polyester filler and lay the vinyl on that. Taking up tiles is a dusty sh*tty job only to be done when absolutely necessary IMO, and you're probably going to spend a lot of time getting a perfectly even and smooth substrate afterwards.
Cheers
Michael

[jimc]

My brother in law's floor tiles were layed over both. The timber floor has cement sheet over it! The demolition hammer worked a treat over both.

Best of luck

[Don777]

Thanks All for the replies

I think I might put this project on hold, as the tiles are in good nick...
and besides and did paint the wall and trim to match with the tiles...
( also one should always a project on the back burner, my god what if one run out of things to do )

And start on a new idea which is more exciting.. Yes me and my ideas

Going to move the built in wardrobes about 900mm away from the wall and use the space behind as a storeroom, to put bicycle, paint tins and other things

Me think great idea, because in a flat nowhere to put bicycle and other stuff

Don

( ps must build that jarrah and green marble coffee table one day )