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[email protected] July 18th 05 10:21 PM

Tiling over vinyl floor tiles
 
Just started to remove the nasty 1960s vinyl floor tiles and the layer
of nasty 80s vinyl floor tiles which is on top of it.... I'm using a
heat gun to soften up the glue a bit but its seriously hard going. 4
tiles in about 30 minutes.

Can I just sod it cover it all in a bit of PVA solution and slap my
ceramic tiles over the top or am I asking for trouble?


CHeers!
Dav


OldBill July 18th 05 10:39 PM

wrote:
Just started to remove the nasty 1960s vinyl floor tiles and the layer
of nasty 80s vinyl floor tiles which is on top of it.... I'm using a
heat gun to soften up the glue a bit but its seriously hard going. 4
tiles in about 30 minutes.

Can I just sod it cover it all in a bit of PVA solution and slap my
ceramic tiles over the top or am I asking for trouble?


Don't do it. Remove the vinyl tiles with one of those big heavy duty
floor scrapers they sell in e.g. Topps Tiles.
Still bloody hard work though.

[email protected] July 19th 05 02:36 PM

I was expecting but not looking forward the that answer.

Looks like I'm in for a few hours work on that buggers then. Thanks for
the tip on the heavy duty floor scraper though, might save me a couple
of hours.


Whats the problem with doing it? Does the tile cement not adhere to it
properly or something?


[email protected] July 19th 05 10:44 PM

.....and does anyone know if I can lay hardboard or ply over the
existing tiles and put my ceramic tiles on the wood.

Cheers again!



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