Taking out ceramic tile is dirty process that sends broken chips and concrete dust flying throughout the house.
Cover tile floor with concrete.
Concrete floors and counter tops are just a couple of examples.
Design wise concrete has evolved over the past few years and is now incorporated into many aspects of a home like this surprisingly elegant table or these more utilitarian designs with concrete blocks.
Ceramic tile is a tough flooring surface that is as hard to remove as it is to damage after it is in place.
Available at stores like home depot and lowes these peel and stick tiles are available for less than 1 a square foot.
If you attach the tile to concrete you need to take special precautions by uncoupling the tile from the concrete.
If you want a tile floor that isn t cold underfoot put down a basement subfloor before you install your tile.
Don t be afraid to wet mop and scrub at the tiles because a clean tile will render better adhesion and a more successful seal.
No matter what tile you choose make sure that your concrete floor is in good condition.
This design is a custom made overlay so you can ensure that the entire porch is covered and it only requires a thin coating of material over the existing concrete.
It is set into a bed of thin set that hardens like concrete and the tile itself shatters like glass during removal.
More than almost any other type of floor covering tile needs a rock solid base.
If there are cracks or rough surfaced areas these will have to be repaired before tile can be installed.
This won t matter if another hard flooring surface will be going over the self leveler but the ghosting can ruin the appearance of the floor if the self leveler is going to be stained or sealed.
If you were to use conventional concrete i would say you should pour a minimun of 3 inches both for strength and to ease leveling.
T1000 stampable overlay for use with resurfacing concrete.
Vinyl peel stick flooring or vtf has come a long way from the vinyl tile flooring options that were popular in the 1980 s.
Measure and cut them to fit the area that you re covering.
Purchase a few large sheets of beadboard and paint them to your desired color.
Using concrete to encapsulate asbestos tiles starts by having a clean well washed floor surface.
If you go too thin the grout lines in the tile floor can ghost through the material.
Remove baseboards as part of your prep too so that you can fully clean your tile.
If you want to cover every inch of the concrete porch including not only the floor but the sides down to the ground try a tuscan tile overlay like this.
Then apply a layer of liquid nails adhesive to the existing tile and press the beadboard against the tile.