ceramic tile over existing wood deck?
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Easiest Floor to Lay Over Existing Concrete Tile?
Comments (0)I've been getting conflicting info about my kitchen situation and could use some advice. The home I just purchased has original encaustic tile, which as most know is concrete. It is sitting on a mortar bed, which in all is about 1" thick with the tile, if not more. We had intended to try and keep this tile, since it's nearly 100 years old, however, during demolition of the kitchen it suffered some more damage, and then I also found out it was going to cost me over $2000 to make up replacement tiles for an area in the kitchen which didn't have tile on it already (a porch had been enclosed many years ago and the prior owner just left that part "bare" and put vinyl tile over - never even bother to make the two floors even). FYI - I've already priced new encaustic type tiles, way too much money. I had hoped to keep a similar look but it would cost me around $5000 for the floor *gulps* Anyway, now we need to find an alternative to cover up the whole floor. I can't afford to take out the concrete. That, will cost me a small fortune between taking it out and creating an entire new subfloor. I do know that the easiest solution is to just put down ceramic tile over the whole thing (my contractor is going to even out the two floor areas). However, I'm wondering about floating another type of floor system over this instead. The rest of the first floor is original pine flooring. I found a reclaimed pine floor product, which could be floated - "Bordeaux" http://www.ecobydesign.com/shop/wood/bordeaux.html Does not match the planks of the rest of the house, however, since the kitchen is not seen from the living room or dining room, only the hallway but there is a small vestibule area between the hall and kitchen), I'm thinking this could be a interesting choice. I'd certainly prefer a wood floor over ceramic, would be so much more comfortable and more appropriate to the house (Craftman, 1915). Any thoughts on this, or any other type of wood or other floor system which might be possible? Thanks!...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 MoreAny photos of roofs built over existing or new decks?
Comments (4)deck is supported by two rows of vegas posts holding up 2x10's spaced 12' apart. 3/4" plywood is the sub floor and the edpm is the waterproofing for the uncovered deck. location is in arizona. i'm looking for a material to place on top of the edpm and the proper cementing agent.(outdoor carpet, ceramic tile, small rover rock or any other material?...See Morejohn_hyatt
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