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Hi all,
I have been to see a job yesterday where the bathroom has all been fully tiled (Walls and Floor) a couple of years ago.
The owner now wants ... -
Advice Please - Re-Tiling a bathroom floor
Hi all,
I have been to see a job yesterday where the bathroom has all been fully tiled (Walls and Floor) a couple of years ago.
The owner now wants me to re-tile the floor as the grouting is coming out and the tiles are very uneven - I suspect there bas been some movement in the floor. The floor has been tiled with ungraded natural slate tiles, a few of which have also begun to flake quite badly.
The main problem though is that they had under tile heating installed at the same time which they would like to keep.
How would you approach this job?
I suspect that getting the current floor up without damaging the under tile heating would be nigh on impossible anyway and I'm pretty sure the best way to proceed would be to rip up everything and start again with Hardiebacker board, then replacement under tile heating then new tiles......
Cheers
Stephen
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Re: Advice Please - Re-Tiling a bathroom floor
I'd rip it out and start again. You have no idea how the original tiling was fixed, so it would be foolish to attempt to tile over what's there, (even if this is a possibility!). If you go this route and what you have fixed fail's, then you'll be liable for it.
Start again would be my advice.
Last edited by Mouldy; 05-01-2011 at 10:38 AM.
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I take it the substrate is timber........ If so, then the floor has to be taken right back and then start from scratch, meaning there's no way to save the heatmat.
"The early bird catches the worm.... but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese"
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yep total rip up mate,i would be very surprised if you could get it up without damaging the underfloor heating,the ply or whatever was put down will probably have to come up also!
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Re: Advice Please - Re-Tiling a bathroom floor
as orange juice sang in 1983.........."rip it up and start again"
andy-allen-tiling
Wall and Floor Tiler based in Gloucester and covering Cheltenham-Forest of Dean-Stroud-Tewksbury-The Cotswolds.
Full bathroom fitting service, including all plumbing, plastering, and electrical installations, Free advice and design. tel.........01452 721112 mobile...07976883412 web site..... www.andy-allen-tiling.co.uk ANY TILE-ANY SURFACE-ANYWHERE
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Re: Advice Please - Re-Tiling a bathroom floor
Orange Juice Jones I believe! 
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Re: Advice Please - Re-Tiling a bathroom floor
Originally Posted by
Mouldy 
Orange Juice Jones I believe!
what you on about?????? ..........google orange juice jones
andy-allen-tiling
Wall and Floor Tiler based in Gloucester and covering Cheltenham-Forest of Dean-Stroud-Tewksbury-The Cotswolds.
Full bathroom fitting service, including all plumbing, plastering, and electrical installations, Free advice and design. tel.........01452 721112 mobile...07976883412 web site..... www.andy-allen-tiling.co.uk ANY TILE-ANY SURFACE-ANYWHERE
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Defo start again from scratch. Its the only way you can guarantee your work
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As stated above, that is the only way to go as how can you warranty your work built on the foundation of another?
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Re: Advice Please - Re-Tiling a bathroom floor
it's all been said above. rip it up and start again.
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