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tiling a kitchen
I am thinking of getting a new kitchen installed soon but under all my kitchen units i have the sheets of small mosaic tiles. would a tiler be able to tile over them or would they have to come off
many thanks...............
many thanks...............
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You can tile over existing wall tiles if you wish, but your room will be that bit smaller.
As they are under the units (I assume you mean below the level of the worktop) I'm unsure you need to tile there anyway. Just butt the base unit up to the old tiles, and tile afterwards where you wish to, above the base units.
As they are under the units (I assume you mean below the level of the worktop) I'm unsure you need to tile there anyway. Just butt the base unit up to the old tiles, and tile afterwards where you wish to, above the base units.
A pedantic addition... if you tile over the existing ones, the electrical receptacles and light swithces are all going to be uncomfortabley recessed. You'll need to have an electrician reset the boxes if you can't safely do it yourself.
Here int he U.S. there are kits available that will extend the "guts" of the switches/receptacles so you wouldn't have to have the whole box removed/replaced...
Here int he U.S. there are kits available that will extend the "guts" of the switches/receptacles so you wouldn't have to have the whole box removed/replaced...