Floor Tile on Floor Tile

[kilty55]

i agree with bri,it can be done but i wouldnt do it for the reasons mentioned

if its concrete cant you put a price in and add a few pounds....go in and gun the lot up when hes down the shops?:yikes::smilewinkgrin:

 

[MartinH]

i agree with bri,it can be done but i wouldnt do it for the reasons mentioned

if its concrete cant you put a price in and add a few pounds....go in and gun the lot up when hes down the shops?:yikes::smilewinkgrin:

Kilty you can bet your bottom dollar and in true aging gentleman style, he'd be watching my each and every movement for the duration of the job as it would make a change from him having to watch "Cash in the Attic" or water his tomato plants !!

 

[aph257]

did he give a reason why he didn't want them taking up?

 

[kilty55]

hehe class,

 

[MartinH]

Paul - he wouldnt give me a direct answer when I asked - he was just adamant he wanted to tile over tile ........maybe theres a body underneath ??? but i do find it strange even when i said it would raise his floor level by a centimetre he didnt seem concerned ....im sure theres a body underneath!!

 

[Deleted member 9966]

my downstairs loo was tiled (badly) before we bought the house and we've just recently ripped up the laminate in the utility and loo floor tiles so that we could tile straight through. when we pulled the old tiles up in the loo, we found that the adhesive hadn't even stuck them to the floor. it was just the grout that was holding the tiles together.

maybe do as Andy says and see if he will allow you to pull up one of the tiles, just to check how well fixed it is. you never can tell you see. my downstairs loo floor looked fine, no cracks in the tiles or grout from movement or poor fixing.

 

[Gall.B]

Hi Martin Sme advice as Andy8578 as long as the substrate is sound no hollow points and he understands its not guaranteed, whats the problem its what he asked for. cant knock back work m8.

 

[DHTiling]

The problem is that if it fails and he does come back to him then what.. if he knows what he is doing isn't totally right then he is still in the wrong if this dodgy customer pursues it..

I am not saying it cannot be done or not feasible but the correct way is to remove old layers.. but it is good to get a few opinions on how others would do it.. me i prefer to know the job will last ... just my take on it.. 🙂

 

[mz30]

this is always a would you wont you topic,in my opinion if the client wants it the client gets it,point in question i was working on a job last year doing communal areas in tenanted flats on the landings were vinyl tiles i insisted that they be taken up,the client did not want this and bypassed me and went to the supplier(a very well known spanish company)there rep said that the adhesive was suitable to go over the vinyl tiles as long as they were sound.


Dont now about you guys but i would rather go over ceramic tiles than vinyl tiles,by the way that practices has gone on now for well oover a year on 100s of these blocks i dread to think the consequences of the reps decision.

Too the original topic if the floor is sound tile over it ,BUT make sure your written quote states that you give no guarantee if the substrate fails.

 

[kilty55]

a written disclaimer stating you have carried out work which may fail will not stand up in court if the customer pursues you i dont think