ceramic tile over existing wood deck?
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Comments (1)Laminate is not a suitable surface for radiant heat nor for bathroom use. If you want radiant heat, you have to tear things out and start over....See Morehelp: advice on tile over radiant PEX over existing slab?
Comments (0)I wonder if our GC's proposal is overkill. We've just installed new PEX radiant heat panels over existing slab on grade, and now are considering having tile rather than 5/8" engineered wood above the radiant panels (Rehau Raupanel, 8" OC). The Raupanel installation specs diagram for tile installation shows the following layers: - ceramic tile (1/4" typical) - cement or mortar compound w/ mesh or rubber membrane (1/4" typical) [e.g. Schulter Ditra?] - Raupanel + PEX + furring strips - vapor barrier - concrete slab Our GC claims we need to: -tear out the Raupanel and furring strips. -have loops of Pex with a concrete overpour, -then plywood base, a 1/2" backerboard, - and finally the tile in thinset (I think). What's going on? I think the GC said this is for sufficient isolation from expansion, and the tear-out needed to keep the assembly from being almost 1" higher than the adjacent room (5/8" Owens Plankfloor above Raupanel). But some of the GC's solutions have been un-nece$$arily labor-inten$ive, so I've become alert to padded proposals. BTW, His partial quote, for the 50 sq ft room is: "Demo the existing wood furring strips and float the floor and install the owner provided tile. Total cost 2,100.00 (Note the base will be wood provided in an alternate price)" Does that make sense? What should I do next? ------ PS. Should we even be doing tile, vs. e.g., linoleum, if we may have a litter-box and/or pet food bowls in the room? I started imagining urine odor in grout.......See MoreVinyl Plank Flooring over existing ceramic tile in bathroom
Comments (1)We are doing master bath remodel and previous owners had vinyl plank flooring laid over the concrete foundation-- the people who did the work said that if the baseboard is high enough (ours is about 3" of wood--not tile.. they said the vinyl plank was run to the baseboards and cut to fit then silicone caulk was used along that joint... So far have noticed no issues anyplace in house this was done--not just in bathroom... we are taking out all LVT in master suite and replacing it with 1 type of flooring for unified look after master bath is redone--since we can't get the type of flooring in there now--not made anymore-- they won't need to add a quarter round on top of the LVT... so as long as you are happy with how the LVT would look butting up to the ceramic tile baseboard--maybe you can do the same... IS the ceramic baseboard in good shape? Still tight?...See MoreVinyl flooring over existing ceramic tile? Is this possible?
Comments (7)Thanks for your answers! glennsfc, Sorry I don't know the technical word for that. But with the word "peeling" ceramic, I meant the top coat of the ceramic tile is peeling off in a few spots on the tiles. There're not a lot of those but I just know they're there... I read on this blog that a lady installed vinyl tile on top of the existing ceramic tiles. I wonder if anyone has that experience? The ceramic tiles I have right now is not in extremely bad condition, just a few "peeling" spots, very light color and stained yucky stained grout. http://www.sasinteriors.net/2012/10/installing-groutable-vinyl-tile-lowes/ So I wonder if there's anyway to work this out... with a baby in the house, I don't really want to make a big mess. Plus I don't have a lot of time to do that... :( ....See Morejohn_hyatt
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