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Hi, Plywood is only used to line timber subfloors and protect the ceramic tiles from the movement which always occurs on timber floors. There is no reason to line a concrete floor with plywood (unless you want to raise the height of the floor by a substantial amount). The only preparation...

Generally its best to apply a thin coat of latex screed scraped on with a trowel to neutralise the floor and provide a smooth, dry surface for the new tiles. If your laying new vinyl tiles then the serration marks in the old adhesive may show through the surface of the new tiles through time...

Hi Barry, Without seeing the floors in questions I would normally suggest the following. 1. prime the concrete subfloor if necessary to kill and dust (the suggestion of a bitumin primer worries me, it should not be necessary as there should be an adequate d.p.m in the subfloor...otherwise it...