Replacing Vinyl Floor with Tiles

Zola.

Our old kitchen has vinyl on the floor, I would instead like the floor tiled.

Is there any way this can be done without lifting all the units etc out of the kitchen?

Or is the only way to have the room completely cleared?

rach_k

Can't you just remove the plinth at the bottom of the units, tile to just past where the plinth covers and then replace the plinth? Appliances like washing machine and fridge can be lifted up on blocks if you have room under the worktop.

Zola.

I think I would prefer knowing the job was done fully, but that may be an option !

Billy_Bullocks

rach_k wrote: »

Can't you just remove the plinth at the bottom of the units, tile to just past where the plinth covers and then replace the plinth? Appliances like washing machine and fridge can be [STRIKE]lifted up on blocks[/STRIKE] be removed tiled and replaced if you have room under the worktop.

No need for blocks.

flashg67

I have yet to see a kitchen tiled right under the units, (especially ones I've done myself!) - IMHO I think it would be a waste? I do tile into appliance spaces though

phill99

I run a company fitting kitchens and bathrooms. In the 70 or so kitchens we have done in the last decade, only 2 customers have insisted on tiling the whole kitchen prior to the kitchen units being installed. Normal practice is to tile up to the legs of the unit and then put the plinth on. You are wasting mass of tiles and labour for something you never see or need to use.

Zola.

phill99 wrote: »

I run a company fitting kitchens and bathrooms. In the 70 or so kitchens we have done in the last decade, only 2 customers have insisted on tiling the whole kitchen prior to the kitchen units being installed. Normal practice is to tile up to the legs of the unit and then put the plinth on. You are wasting mass of tiles and labour for something you never see or need to use.

Thanks for that!

Am I better getting tiles first and then calling a tiler? Or get them out to look at the job first?

rach_k

I would call the tiler out for a look and show some pictures of the kind of thing you'd like. He or she may be able to get them cheaper than you can, or they may make suggestions based on their experience. For our vinyl tiles, I chose something I thought would look great but the fitter took one look and strongly advised I choose something else because it would look 'pretty lairy!' I chose something else, which looking back was exactly the right decision. My original choice would have ruined the kitchen.

alumende27

The only time I have tiled an entire kitchen floor was when we were renovating a house we'd stripped the kitchen out of and at that point didn't know the new layout, so we tiled the whole floor.

Current property we ripped out the kitchen to discover the tiling went up to the units which were deeper than their replacements in some places (the legs on some units were only half supported), so we just levelled it up with self-leveling cement.

Agree on tiling into appliance spaces though.