The previous owners had the whole of the downstairs (except the lounge)
tiled with expensive (but common sized 12" x 12") Italian marble floor
tiles. No expenses were spared (or so they thought) - the whole house
modernisations were Designer/Architect stuff!

Anyway, onto the problem...

It would appear that while the owner's backs were turned (my supposition)
the flooring crew whacked down the floor tiles on top of the existing
Parquet flooring in the hallway. Through foot traffic, several of these
tiles have worked loose, so I lifted one and found the Parquet flooring as
described.

Was it feasible (at the time) to have laid the tiles onto the Parquet or
not? Is/was Parquet considered to be a suitable substrate, or (as I
suspect - suspicious, me?) was this "done for quickness"?

I haven't yet lifted any of the Parquet - but suspect it'll be the 1/2"
thick stuff (the house is circa 1958).

I'm assuming that the correct course of action is to (carefully) lift the
tiles, lift the Parquet, screed the level back up, clean and relay tiles....

Oh what fun and joys ahead!

Any comments appreciated

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Paul King wrote:
The previous owners had the whole of the downstairs (except the lounge)
tiled with expensive (but common sized 12" x 12") Italian marble floor
tiles. No expenses were spared (or so they thought) - the whole house
modernisations were Designer/Architect stuff!

Anyway, onto the problem...

It would appear that while the owner's backs were turned (my supposition)
the flooring crew whacked down the floor tiles on top of the existing
Parquet flooring in the hallway. Through foot traffic, several of these
tiles have worked loose, so I lifted one and found the Parquet flooring as
described.

Was it feasible (at the time) to have laid the tiles onto the Parquet or
not? Is/was Parquet considered to be a suitable substrate, or (as I
suspect - suspicious, me?) was this "done for quickness"?

I haven't yet lifted any of the Parquet - but suspect it'll be the 1/2"
thick stuff (the house is circa 1958).

I'm assuming that the correct course of action is to (carefully) lift the
tiles, lift the Parquet, screed the level back up, clean and relay tiles....

Oh what fun and joys ahead!

Any comments appreciated

I would have thought and have read somewhere that its not a good idea to
tile on wood. Justtiles in Reading, who I have a lot of respect for, do
not reccommend it, but if you insist they say you should use special
adhesive http://www.justtiles.co.uk/tilefixingguide.pdf

Old Bill wrote:
I would have thought and have read somewhere that its not a good idea
to tile on wood. Justtiles in Reading, who I have a lot of respect
for, do not reccommend it, but if you insist they say you should use
special adhesive http://www.justtiles.co.uk/tilefixingguide.pdf

Thanks for that - very interesting. Stored away for future reference...
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