Suggestion Change Ceramic floor tiles

Some time ago and I am think quite some time, we had a member who wanted to change 1 Bedrooms Floor tiles, My memory (For what it is ) Suggests it was @PatO if not then maybe whoever it was could tell me. The main core of the Thread was should they remove the existing Tiles ( and Suffer the upheaval and Mess) or lay new tiles on the existing Floor tiles (and Suffer the height Difference to the adjoining floor?

My Wife is not particularly fond of the existing Tiles and now after 5 years 2 or 3 have become loose and creak as we walk across them in an area we can't really keep off due to Furniture layout. 1 in Particular near the Bedroom Door has rise enough to make the Door Scratch over the Joint area. I do not want to keep adjusting Hinges and Planing off any Wood that will make the Door less in height to where there is no problem. If you can imagine that when the Door is closed the gap at the Bottom would affect the insulation in that room and may affect the A/C operations.
So my Friends if not Pat then Whoever, can you let me know which Road you took on this issue?
Thank You

 

I am not Pat (nor Spartacus) but one problem I see with laying tiles over tiles is that the bottom tiles may lift off and so take both layers with them. You stated this is happening now to your existing tiles and, with time, this could be a bigger problem. My suggestion would be definitely NOT to lay over the existing tiles as they are an unknown.

 

Especially since you are needing repair, not just changing color, and understandably do not want to continuously adjust door height. I would at minimum remove all the tiles, giving access to removing all the loose mortar bed.

Leaving most of the bed still puts you in a raising the floor height situation, and unlike a roof which after having a couple layers of shingles can be stripped down and restarted without further issue, once you raise the floor you will have shorter doors, and raised base trim etc that is not easily lowered in the future when you do decide to redo the floor again.

I would say your options are remove and replace the tiles and mortar bed with a new floor to match existing height, probably the best overall option. or remove tiles and loose mortar only, leaving possible unseen cracks in the bed showing themselves in the same problems you have now in the weeks/months to come, and raising the floor height.

 

JP, I haven't yet fixed the tile problem. When I do I will include it in a major remodeling project. Not excited to face the mess though.

 

@PatO

Ah OK Pat, I had this thing in my Head that Last time we spoke you were telling me that you and Crislyn were not totally happy with the Interior Layout now & you would look at changing a few things, Best of Luck mate. Builders mess is so Frustrating and that Dust gets everywhere.
Hope you didn't mind me bringing this up as I have?

 

Great stuff But Finding one for Rent here? Brilliant for a Builder/Tiler But..................

 

Yep. Just a teaser on how easy it would be if we lived in a modern country But the point is, they gotta come up somehow.

 

hahaha, just like the advice I got about looking at the US website for LG since the Philippine LG site does not have portable aircons...

 

Trying to find any tools suitable here like Electric Chisels etc, I fear this would most likely be your only (Filipino) option... (Pic below)

But I agree with the other comments, if you currently have under laying problems and leave them there, they will reappear in any work laid over the top in time to come...