laying a new tile floor..... anyone????

[madbomber31]

i have those cheap vinyl laminate tiles that served their purpose of making the kitchen look decent for a while.. now that i'm staying in this house i want something a bit nicer...

so, i was going to lay a slate tile floor... the problems are: 1. i just stuck the new tile over the linoleum that was there... i also put the new cabinets in over the same linoleum...

so, my questions are as follows

do i NEED to rip everything up and start from the subfloor? or can i take up the peel and sticks and tile over the linoleum?

i have 2 dogs, and my kitchen is the access to the backyard for them... how long do i need to stay off the floor after i lay the tile? a full day? if so, do i lay a few rows of tile down one day and leave a path to the back door, and then the following day lay the other rows down and use the tiles previously layed in order to have kitchen access???

any other tips?

 

[hotzie]

here is a good link
http://www.thetiledoctor.com/howto/floorsinterior.cfm

 

[madbomber31]

that bathroom is odd... look where the toilet sits, imagine a fat fuck trying to get in there.

 

[hotzie]

that bathroom is odd... look where the toilet sits, imagine a fat fuck trying to get in there.

lol

 

[starfish]

Speaking of tile floors...I have new travertine tile floors in a condo and dust is all over the walls from it being installed. Cathedral ceilings too. How do you clean all the dust?

 

[HumorMe]

i have those cheap vinyl laminate tiles that served their purpose of making the kitchen look decent for a while.. now that i'm staying in this house i want something a bit nicer...

so, i was going to lay a slate tile floor... the problems are: 1. i just stuck the new tile over the linoleum that was there... i also put the new cabinets in over the same linoleum...

so, my questions are as follows

do i NEED to rip everything up and start from the subfloor? or can i take up the peel and sticks and tile over the linoleum?

i have 2 dogs, and my kitchen is the access to the backyard for them... how long do i need to stay off the floor after i lay the tile? a full day? if so, do i lay a few rows of tile down one day and leave a path to the back door, and then the following day lay the other rows down and use the tiles previously layed in order to have kitchen access???

any other tips?

I hope you haven't already installed it yet.

I believe that kind of floor needs concrete backerboard instead of the linoleum. The backerboard needs to be screwed in and level. This will keep the tile from breaking when you walk across it.

I just bought a lot of tile for my 3 bathrooms and laundry room and I am going to install it in a few weeks. I have done it several times for friends. It is pretty simple once you have done it a few times except being on your knees a lot.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

i dont think that youre going to find a tile glue that will stick to lino, unless theyve come up with one in the past couple of years. usually for a glue to stick you need to have some sort of concrete based surface. easiest thing to do is call a tile shop, since they will know about the glues that they carry, and ask. i get the feeling that youre hiring that de-lino machine though

now look, tiling is an easy thing to do, but there are a few things taht you need to watch out for or it will go to hell quickly

if its a kind of tile where you will be able to see grout lines, you have to make sure that you dont set tiles so that you have a full tile up against the wall on one side of the room, and a tiny little sliver on the other side of the room - or you risk highlighting imperfections in your homes design (crooked walls etc etc). most of the slate i have seen is layed without grout though, so i guess youll be fine

you need to leave the tiles for most of a day before you can step on them confidently (andnot stuff up your glue), but i wouldnt suggest leaving a corridor...or you risk miscalculating and having tlies that dont fit right. i suppose you could start on one side of the room, sticking the tiles in as you go, then place the tile youre going to stick in the corridor bit down without glue, then keep sticking once youre past them...this way at least youll know that everything will fit. much easier to jsut stay off the tiles, though

the first tile is the most important, since all ther tiles will follow that one...so make sure you put it in the right spot

oh - when you lay your first line of tiles, the best thing to do is to use a STRAIGHT plank of wood/aluminium as a guide. this is more important when you have tiles that will have contrasting grout lines, by the way (ie those big white ones are a disaser)

good luck

 

[chefbone]

Use protection orb!!

 

[ChefWide]

nope, its gotta come up. did you mention what kind of flooring is under the lino? 'crete? plywood? do you know?

I can walk you through tossing down a very easy concrete float if you have to... and as long as your going down to base/substrate why not HEAT your floor? Did that to my kitchen last year, and warm kitchen floors when you first wake up is among the greatest additions ever.

YUM.

 

[chefbone]

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