Tile over tiles

Pinoy adventure

Hi

can you tile over tiles ??

thanks

Dr_Colossus

Yes if they're sound/solid but don't do it, the lazy way out and adds unnecessary weight to walls and height to floors for no benefit and possibly just hiding problems and kicking those problems down the road.

Banzai600

rip em, up, we had to do it years ago, hands and knees , three rooms....

it will affect skirting, door heights etc, think about it, just take them up, because it will come back to bite you in the end imo.

if theyre onto a wooden floor and done right, there should be wood panels underneath, and not just tiled directly onto floorboards. im no diy export, but rip up a section and see whats underneath.

Isthisthingon?

We laid tile over tile but in our kitchen and it was also part of a new extension.

The originals were slate tiles directly on the concrete. Tiler ( and anyone else we asked) recommended tiling over. it would have taken a kango hammer to remove them.

OP is right in so much as you might need to raise / cut doors but it was easy compared to removing the tiles.

Also the floor is warmer now with the extra layer.

Pinoy adventure

Oh my bad

they are wall tiles in a half tiled bathroom.

we ran out and they can’t be got.

so we could tile over the new 1s or rip the half room down,reboard the area and tank it before re tiling it again.

mickdw

If its only half tiled you are going to have to create a flat surface anyway.

Rip them down.

danielsk

I'd suggest trying to remove them if possible. You can find new tiles at a reputable floor tile store and replace the old ones. Adding new tiles on top might make the room feel smaller, and you'll always know there's old flooring underneath your newly installed tiles.

...Ghost...

Send photos of the room. I used to work in the industry and have helped plenty avoid expensive bills when they didn't order enough tiles. What people don't take into account is that tiles are made in batches and the colour will vary in each batch. Sometimes it's OK, but often when someone shows up a couple of months later to buy another box of tiles to finish the job, the shade difference is going to be noticeable, especially on a plain light coloured tile.