Quick one: tiling on to tiles

If I want to tile on to tiles in a bathroom, without removing the old tiles (which are good, and flat) can I simply use ordinary tiling cement?

Thanks John

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Another John
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A lot of the ones from the sheds say not to tile on tile, but if you you go to a specialist tile shop the ones the professionals use then you will get what you need. I did a bathroom tile on tile and nothing moved all the whi le we were there. The only thing to check is that the base layer of tiles a re sound so that the weight of the over-tiling does pull the sub tiles off.

Richard

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Tricky Dicky

I did this about five years ago in mum and dad's bathroom. Because they were going down on something quite hard with a glossy surface (the old tiles) which I did not imagine cement taking to, I thought something more flexible would be better, so I just used a very small amount of 'no more nails' pushed down hard to stop them moving at all. Probably not the recommended way, but they're still there and they still look good.

Having said that, my DIY solutions are often unconventional. A tradesman would no doubt have a fit at that suggestion :-)

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Etaoin Shrdlu

Depends what you mean by ordinary. I found that they varied a great deal - even at about the same price.

Strangely, the one I likes best was Homebase own brand - a white adhesive/grout in a white and blue tub. That certainly worked over old tiles - I did the shower room like that years ago with no problems. I also tried a Wicks own brand which was poor at simply holding (heavy) tiles to plasterboard.

However, I've not done any tiling for ages, so it's quite likely adhesives have changed.

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Dave Plowman (News)

I did this cos two walls were "paramount" construction (a plasterboard-egg crate platerboard sandwich). Taking tiles off would have wrecked the wall!

Ground 3 lines in each 4" tile using - you've guessed it - an angle grinder to create a key. Then used Bal White Star to fix, you need a good adhesive not any old shed stuff.

10 years on and no problems.

Phil

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thescullster

Didn't bother here. Just made sure they were clean. After all, the combined adhesive/grout stuff is a sod to remove from a tile face when dry

- so it doesn't really need a key.

That may well be what Homebase sells under their own brand. The Wicks stuff I tried was beige. And useless. Got my money back - even on an opened one.

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Dave Plowman (News)

OP here: thanks a lot for the positive "go for its", chaps.

John

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Another John

Yep, done it many times using standard ready mix adhesive. No problem, even on overhead surfaces. I've even tiled on to sheet vinyl without incident

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stuart noble

Bal is to tilers what Knippex is to electricians.

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ARW

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