help please
I am mainly a carpenter but do tiling as well as i work for a small company, all the floors/walls i tile are new so its easy work. I am just in the process of doing a complete refurbish on my partners kitchen. i have just spent a couple of days getting 3 layers of floor tiles up the bottom 2 being laid with bitumen. i have scrapped the floor so all i am left with is a black concrete mess. I had spoken to my tile supplier previously about laying on this floor and they said it would just need sealing ( pva ) and then leveling before tiling, now they are saying no ??
I dont really want to ply the floor as its a large area and being on concrete will be a pain. she has the tiles already but i have mentioned if i cant find an answer we will have to lino it or laminate.
The only other option i can see is grind the floor till its off another job i would like to do without.
Is there a latex/leveling compound that will adhere to the floor so i can tile straight on or will you all sit back and laugh and say NO
many thanks
Andy
better mention too this is a tidy up job as she will be renting it out so price comes into it a bit
I am mainly a carpenter but do tiling as well as i work for a small company, all the floors/walls i tile are new so its easy work. I am just in the process of doing a complete refurbish on my partners kitchen. i have just spent a couple of days getting 3 layers of floor tiles up the bottom 2 being laid with bitumen. i have scrapped the floor so all i am left with is a black concrete mess. I had spoken to my tile supplier previously about laying on this floor and they said it would just need sealing ( pva ) and then leveling before tiling, now they are saying no ??
I dont really want to ply the floor as its a large area and being on concrete will be a pain. she has the tiles already but i have mentioned if i cant find an answer we will have to lino it or laminate.
The only other option i can see is grind the floor till its off another job i would like to do without.
Is there a latex/leveling compound that will adhere to the floor so i can tile straight on or will you all sit back and laugh and say NO
many thanks
Andy
better mention too this is a tidy up job as she will be renting it out so price comes into it a bit