Removing a tiled floor

gadget88

So a house I looked at has a tiled floor how big or costly a job is this to replace it with laminate flooring?

quotememiserable

What area of tiles are we talking about. And what type - ceramic?

gadget88

Yes it’s in a living room and yes ceramic? Maybe laminate on top of it?

maman

Can't help with a current price but we had a screed laid in the kitchen over quarry tiles before having vinyl laid. I don't recall it being particularly expensive. 

gadget88

So would removing the titles be costly or messy?

FreeBear

gadget88 said:

So would removing the titles be costly or messy?

Messy, most definitely. Cost really depends on how easy they are to lift, and what sort of floor is underneath. If it is a suspended timber floor, hopefully, the tiles will have been laid on top of a suitable backer board. In which case, the whole lot can be lifted, and minimal remediation required. Plonked down on a concrete floor, all the old adhesive will need to be chiselled/ground off and a layer of self leveling compound put down - This will double or even triple the amount of time it takes (as well as a lot more mess).

35har1old

FreeBear said:

gadget88 said:

So would removing the titles be costly or messy?

Messy, most definitely. Cost really depends on how easy they are to lift, and what sort of floor is underneath. If it is a suspended timber floor, hopefully, the tiles will have been laid on top of a suitable backer board. In which case, the whole lot can be lifted, and minimal remediation required. Plonked down on a concrete floor, all the old adhesive will need to be chiselled/ground off and a layer of self leveling compound put down - This will double or even triple the amount of time it takes (as well as a lot more mess).

If it's a recent tiled floor it might have a decoupling membrane laid over the existing wooden floor this is usally topped with self levelling compound and then tiles are laid with a further layer of tile cement

gadget88

So is it a big or costly job?

youth_leader

I've got a very ugly tiled floor in both the kitchen and bathroom here.  I had someone in who said it would be a very dirty, messy and expensive big job to take them up.

I've got rugs covering mine.

RHemmings

My brother is getting some tiles removed in his house at the moment. Unfortunately they are firmly attached and are being removed with a jackhammer. A big, and noisy, job. 

I'm interested in putting something on top of my tiles (on a part of the house with a solid floor). They look nice, but are cold underfoot. I certainly wouldn't go as far as removing them. 

gadget88

RHemmings said:

My brother is getting some tiles removed in his house at the moment. Unfortunately they are firmly attached and are being removed with a jackhammer. A big, and noisy, job. 

I'm interested in putting something on top of my tiles (on a part of the house with a solid floor). They look nice, but are cold underfoot. I certainly wouldn't go as far as removing them. 

Could you laminate over them? But wouldn’t it mean the door frame needing trimmed? Or maybe a carpet?