preparing old floor for new tiles...

scd3

i have an old ceramic tile floor (11 yrs old)...i want to pull up the old...not a problem, tiles are popping and put down new tiles. i see backer board under the old tiles. can i pull up the old, clean off the new backer and install the new tiles?

gcol · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:48 pm Post Subject:

I think I'd be wanting to know why your current tiles are "popping" before even considering laying new ones.

p.s. there is a seperate tiling forum ya know.

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scd3 · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:13 pm Post Subject:

i thought i was in the tile forum?....this site is very confusing

. not sure why the tiles are popping...they seemed to have loosened over the years, the grout has cracked and the tiles have loosened from the backer board.

gcol · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:35 pm Post Subject:

Sounds like you need to stiffen up your floor beneath the backer board. I don't use backer board cause it doesn't add much rigidity compared to ply wood. Look at replacing the backer board with ply and then re-tiling with flexible powdered adhesive.

scd3 wrote:

i thought i was in the tile forum?....

Nope, you're in flooring. As it says under the title - "All aspects of flooring and stairs discussed here except tiling." There's a seperate tiling section.

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