I have purchased a summer cottage with a dated counter top. The cupboards are home made and impressive however the counter top is made of a brick color porous(sp) tile whose grout has seen it's day. My wife is totally grossed out by what may have seeped into the tile during food prep and wants to replace the counter top with 12x12 granite tiles left over from another job. I see no way of removing the current counter top without tearing the cupboard framing up. 3/4 plywood with hundreds of screws topside into the framing.
Is it possible to screw down 3/4 plywood onto the current counter top (through the current tile / plywood and into the cabint structure) and tile over? The current structure is solid and level OR am I better off chiping the current tile off, hacking away at the morter bed to get a level surface OR getting at the screws to remove the plywood and start anew? I appreciate any and all advice.
Thanks