"Tiling on Tiles"

[invisiblelady]

How successful is this? I'm really not up to removing the tiles floor to ceiling in my bathroom. I'm not actually sure if I'm up to tiling the damn room! However, if the tiles that are on the wall are sound, can I do this? Do I have to "scour" the tiles? Is there a special adhesive I have to use? Any advice gratefully recieved :-)

[Buenchico]

An interesting thread (with plenty of disagreement on the matter) here:
http://www.mybuilder....of-the-old-ones-first

[marden40]

Here is a previous Question on this subject......."The Builder" answered the question perfectly and I just added a note.........

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1154640.html

[The Builder]

Haha ........... thanks to Marden for putting that link up.
Visi ................. pay attention ;o)

[usef4u]

it can save a couple of hrs, but i would recommend to remove the existing ones. The best it to remove them out and do a proper job, instead of tiling on tile. But, if you have made up your mind, make sure you scratch the smooth surface of existing tile and then apply the coat with pva so that tile adhesives has something to hold on.

Source : http://www.aqva.co.uk

[NOX]

Seems the builder and Marden beat me to it. Just tile over the top as long as they're well stuck, it's fine.

[Wak]

Tiling on the top of other tiles will make the bathroom a tiny bit smaller but the bit that really matters is the gap between the finished tiles and the bath taps.
Make sure that you will still be able to operate the taps on and off.
If you just have a shower cubicle then the problem won't arise but it is worth mentioning.