Tile Over Existing Tiles

[widler]

nust imagine the amount of get out clauses Mapei can say if it fails,
"Sorry not prepped right"
"Sorry we have tested the addy and the water/additive ratio is wrong"
"Sorry the primer is to weak/strong"
"Sorry the original floor was loose"
"Sorry to many contaminants on original floor"
It be Like trying to get money out of your house/car insurance , a long hard slog😡
Having said that, if it's prepped right, the tiles are solid, as in they break up with a jcb in little pieces , the floor will be fine 🙂

 

[Andy Allen]

Is this a car showroom?
Are they going to be driving cars over it?

 

[J Sid]

nust imagine the amount of get out clauses Mapei can say if it fails,
"Sorry not prepped right"
"Sorry we have tested the addy and the water/additive ratio is wrong"
"Sorry the primer is to weak/strong"
"Sorry the original floor was loose"
"Sorry to many contaminants on original floor"
It be Like trying to get money out of your house/car insurance , a long hard slog😡
Having said that, if it's prepped right, the tiles are solid, as in they break up with a jcb in little pieces , the floor will be fine 🙂

Show me an Adhesive manufacturer who wouldn't try and get out of a claim.

 

[Paul Finn]

Is this a car showroom?
Are they going to be driving cars over it?

It is Andy

 

[Andy Allen]

Oooooh....brave man taking that one on..

 

[Paul Finn]

"Gulp"

 

[Dan]

Shouldn't be too bad. Try to get a few tiles up in various places to see how well they're stuck.

Mapei are a good firm. They'll back it if they've said they will. Worlds largest manufacturer of building materials, a measly car showroom isn't going to phase them.

Just degrease and prime well. For your own peace of mind more than anything.

 

[Paul Finn]

Yep Dan, Loads of prep work

Cheers Mapei 🙂

 

[peteablard]

I've done dozens of showroom floors for a company over the last 10 years, many of them over existing tiles. Maybe I've just been lucky but I've never had a single problem. Cleaned, primed then tiled, the majority done with Weber SPF. Someone is going to earn decent money tiling that, it might as well be you!

 

[Dan]

You can fly them down once you've prepped well.