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Kitchen floor tiles
Bernard
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Hi,
The house we moved into had a carpet on the kitchen floor which was old and stained. We pulled it up and underneath were really old looking tiles. Where the carpet grippers had been when they were pulled up they broke the tiles. This leaves currently a floor of tiles where the edges next to walls have broken away. Where the tiles have broken away you can see the black glue used to stick the tiles down. The tiles are only a few millimetres thick.
I want to put new tiles down (the ones where they have a sticky underside) but as the floor is no longer level due to the edges I'm not sure how to proceed. Do I lift all the tiles or is there some form of filler I can use on the edges to make them flat/level with the main tile.
Any advice gratefully received.
The house we moved into had a carpet on the kitchen floor which was old and stained. We pulled it up and underneath were really old looking tiles. Where the carpet grippers had been when they were pulled up they broke the tiles. This leaves currently a floor of tiles where the edges next to walls have broken away. Where the tiles have broken away you can see the black glue used to stick the tiles down. The tiles are only a few millimetres thick.
I want to put new tiles down (the ones where they have a sticky underside) but as the floor is no longer level due to the edges I'm not sure how to proceed. Do I lift all the tiles or is there some form of filler I can use on the edges to make them flat/level with the main tile.
Any advice gratefully received.
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Personally if they are that old I'be be thinking about lifting the lot and starting again. If you leve them be use some self levelling compound to level up the floor where you have removed cracked/broken tiles.
If you are going to stick self adhesive vinyl down over the top you need to get the existing tiles clean - dust will prevent a the bond.
CheersThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein0 -
It sounds like you have thermoplastic tiles, not ceramic, especially if there is black adhesive underneath them. Ideally they need to be removed and a self levelling compound applied to the floor.Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0
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You are right - why did I type ceramic? Plonker! I've modified the post.It sounds like you have thermoplastic tiles, not ceramic, especially if there is black adhesive underneath them. Ideally they need to be removed and a self levelling compound applied to the floor.
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