Posted: 6/3/2005 1:37:25 PM EDT
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I pulled up the linolium in the kitchen and will put down tile. the question is do I have to get up all the linolium bottom residue up. When I pulled up the linolium the glue pulled a very thin portion of the bottom side of the linolium. Does this all have to come up when I get ready to adhere the tile to the floor |
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You're probably going to put down 1/16" to 1/4" of mortar on top of that flooring (depending on the trowel you use). If the residue from the old flooring is less than that I say don't worry. Note: I'm NOT a professional tile layer, just a homeowner with a couple jobs under his belt. |
Make sure your mortar has a goot adhesive / bonding agent. And how big are your tiles and how thick of a mortar bed / trowel will you be using? /guy with a dozen mixed renovation tile jobs under his belt |
Depends on the subfloor. If the existing subfloor is strong enough (ie, rock solid) then you can tile right onto what you have now. If this is the case, use a notched trowel with roughly 1/4" by 1/4" notches and set the tile. If what you have now has too much flex in it, you should put a thin layer of mortar, then cement board and let it set up. Then tile onto that. So your trowel might have 1/8" diagonal notches giving about a 1/16" thick layer. Since you're asking so many questions, you really ought to ignore me and buy this book:  |
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I took mine down to the concrete, but I don't want to finish a two day tile job and have the morter crack or a tile shift because I didn't get all of the glue up. I used a long handled 8" or 10" scraping blade to remove the glue. If you soak the glue residue stuff with hot water it come up easier... and I do mean soak. My brother in law lays tile for a living and said there is really only one way to do it right, that's the right way. |
If you are usign a rougher tile like a cultured stone or sautillo, you'll want something much larger, like a 1/2" bead. |
   The sautillo floor I put down on a concrete floor which previously had some crappy 60s asphalt-linoleum tiles. The tar residue remained. It was wiped down with solvents and a latex-adhesive(?) was added to the mortar mix, applied with a 1/2"x1/2" trowel. The 12" ceramic tiles in the shower were applied to a a base of 5/8" ply screwed to the studs, with wonderboard screwed and bonded to it. Mastic applied with a 1/4"x1/4" trowel The kitched was 3/4"ply, again screwed and bonded to the island framing, with another layer of wonderboard similarly attached. Mastic with a 1/8" sawtooth trowel. Whomever tries to disassemble these projects a few decades from now is going to have a helluva hard time doing it. |
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