35sq metres of floor tiles. Would you lay on top.

[average]

I'm probably being abit lazy here but I'm really busy with work and have a small window of opportunity to revamp my who kitchen/dining and wanting in and out as quick as possible.

10 years ago I laid 350sq ceramic tiles in this area with tubbed Addy. Admittedly I didn't back butter tiles however they are still down solid a decade later. I'm now wanting 600x600 cream porcelain tiles and thinking of putting them ontop instead of the whole rip up, mess and extra labor.

Tbh, I've never tiled on top of tiles before. I know it's just a case big priming, Addy and good to go. This sound very appealing to save all the work needed to lift the tiles, grind out old Addy and some self lever in places.

Any pros and cons with tiling onto tiles?

 

[Chalker]

Try taking one up and see how well they are stuck. You might find they pop up easilly.

 

[Mark jude]

Prime it , apply a good quality smoothing compound , use flexible ADH and of you go , done this many times

 

[Time's Ran Out]

You fixed floor tiles with tubbed adhesive 10 years ago and now you want to tile on top with 600x600 porcelain tiles.
No advice I could provide would help in this revamp but I have no doubt it won't last as long!

 

[One Day]

If your originals are stuck with ready mix adhesive, I'll bet they'll come up really easily.
Take them up, scrape up the adhesive residue and do it properly!

 

[Mark jude]

Sorry misread first post , def take them up and razor scrap the floor before prep work

 

[Rich Midge]

What's the subfloor? Can you remember what the tubbed adhesive was?

 

[average]

What's the subfloor? Can you remember what the tubbed adhesive was?

Sub floor is screed ontop of insulation. Forget what the tile addy make was.

 

[average]

Sorry misread first post , def take them up and razor scrap the floor before prep work

If your originals are stuck with ready mix adhesive, I'll bet they'll come up really easily.
Take them up, scrape up the adhesive residue and do it properly!

Looks like they are getting taken up. I was hoping they wouldnt have to just out of lazyness. If it was a paying client, id have suggested this. One will be to cover myself if anything happend in future and two, more work. Insaying this thou, its a case of it might be ok but if its not, itll be an expensive job to do properly again. Looks ike its a rip up, grind the addy off and some leveler.

 

[macten]

You won't even need to grind it off. Decent scraper and elbow grease will get it off.

 

[widler]

Shirley it must of been floor tiling tubbed addy ? Shirley you can't mean bog standard wall tubbed addy

 

[Rich Midge]

I'm struggling to think of a tubbed floor addy other than rubber crumb gear for wood substrates.

 

[widler]

I could be wrong but im sure ive seen tubbed floor ready mixed floor addy in b&q over the years ?

 

[Rich Midge]

I always just presumed that stuff was a measured amount of powder and you just mixed in the tub. Like I said, only presuming, I've no actual knowledge! Will have a look next time I'm in there.

 

[Aston]

I'm probably being abit lazy here but I'm really busy with work and have a small window of opportunity to revamp my who kitchen/dining and wanting in and out as quick as possible.

10 years ago I laid 350sq ceramic tiles in this area with tubbed Addy. Admittedly I didn't back butter tiles however they are still down solid a decade later. I'm now wanting 600x600 cream porcelain tiles and thinking of putting them ontop instead of the whole rip up, mess and extra labor.

Tbh, I've never tiled on top of tiles before. I know it's just a case big priming, Addy and good to go. This sound very appealing to save all the work needed to lift the tiles, grind out old Addy and some self lever in places.

Any pros and cons with tiling onto tiles?

you were very lucky to get away with what you did first time around so take them all up and start again doing it the right way..

listen to the advice and hurry up because its christmas next week ;0)