Laminate flooring over tiles in kitchen?

evergreen

The man that put in our kitchen laid the ceramic floor tiles straight on to the floor. Did not lay any plywood down. Apparently if we want them changed we will need a new floor underneath. Is it possible to lay laminate floor on top of these tiles or is removal our only option? Would really appreciate any advice. Thanks.

osdset

What's under the tiles? Floorboards? Screed over concrete?

2010

The worst thing to have in a kitchen is carpet closely followed by laminate.

New tiles on top of the old ones would be OK.

warmhands.coldheart

evergreen wrote: »

The man that put in our kitchen laid the ceramic floor tiles straight on to the floor. Did not lay any plywood down. .....

this is News to me....... Never heard of this before ??

-taff

why would they lay plywood down if the floor was level?

Jonesya

I think you only need plywood if you're trying to smooth or reinforce the existing sub-floor, say if you're laying tiles onto floor-boards. If it's a solid floor then you might use a leveling compound to smooth it and then tile straight onto the floor, no need for plywood as the solid floor is a better base than the plywood.

osdset

Jonesya wrote: »

I think you only need plywood if you're trying to smooth or reinforce the existing sub-floor, say if you're laying tiles onto floor-boards. If it's a solid floor then you might use a leveling compound to smooth it and then tile straight onto the floor, no need for plywood as the solid floor is a better base than the plywood.

Correct, laying tiles directly on floorboards never works, there's too much chance of a board lifting, inevitably the joints between tiles will line up with a floor board joint and if a floor board lifts the tiles come up with it. Floorboards are too uneven anyway.