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Tile over Tile

  • 11-11-2010 10:26pm
    #1
    moonshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭


    Maybe this should be in DIY if so move please,
    Anyways small job but would be much smaller if the wall tiles could be tiled over......Contacted tile company and they say they can do it once treated with undercoat/other word.... Any advice?


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  • #2
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    moonshadow wrote: »
    Maybe this should be in DIY if so move please,
    Anyways small job but would be much smaller if the wall tiles could be tiled over......Contacted tile company and they say they can do it once treated with undercoat/other word.... Any advice?

    My sister did it and it seems to have worked out fine for her. Floor tiles in her case though


  • #3
    Poly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Poly


    You can put on a special primer so the tile adhesive gets a grip. I would prefer to remove the old tiles if possible.


  • #4
    King Mallie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 500 ✭✭✭King Mallie


    Done it loads of times and no hassle. Once correct primer and adhesive is used.

    Also score the old tiles, help to give a better bond to adhesive.


  • #5
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    I am in the business years and i wont do it. Nor will i offer the materials to do it. Its a bad job that looks bad.

    Problems

    Wall tiles. You usually encounter problems around the bathtaps. Especially of your using thicker tiles like porc or marble

    Floor tiles. The toilet pan is effected the basin has to be reset and all the traps. The door has to be plained.


    There is no guarantee the floor will stay solid.


    A labour will take 2 takes to strip out a bathroom

    Allow 250 euro labour

    100 materials like boards and primer.


    Best money ever spent.


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