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

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.

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?

.....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!