Tile floor replacement

[Elizabeth Saunders]

Tile floor installed 3 years ago is cracking and becoming very unattractive. Do I need to remove tiles before putting new covering on? Also, have been reading about these new laminate type floors–can these be used in a bathroom. Thanks.

[michael’s flooring]

if you want you can install (pergo, wilsonart)
right over your tile. but a rip out is allways
better.
bathrooms well not recommended but if done right
it can be done. silicone calk the gap bettween the wall
and floor. and a well glued together floor.
make sure you get a good installer.
mike malament
mike’s flooring

[Brent]

The cause of your problem is probabily that when the tile was installed they did not use tile backing board.
Tile backing board is hard and does not yeild. Tile that is installed directly on to the existing wood floor will crack due to the give of a wooden floor.
I just finished pricing flooring. It is actually cheaper for me to use tile. First the because the custom order flooring comes in twelve foot lengths, I would
need to order a 8 x 12 piece. With tile I only need to order enough to cover the floor 70sq ft. The floor is not square there for the difference. I didn’t want seams.

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