You’re Going to Tile Over What Part V

Often older homes have bathrooms filled with 4x4 tiles colored white in the best of circumstances and often pink, green, blue and even purple in the worst! Again, if the tile is still properly affixed to the wall we can then tile directly over the old 4x4 tile and make the room look modern and clean without any construction activity at all!

If the tile has been put on “green board” or plaster and has not shown signs of failure, utilization of a large body tile on the wall will greatly minimize the migration of water through grout to the wall. The use of a large body tile in this instance will delay, perhaps forever, the potential need to replace the wall and tile due to water damage and or mold.

 Often clients spend more money or do more work than they have to because they aren’t aware that you can indeed, tile over Corian, Slate, Marble, Formica, Sheet Vinyl and old tile!

Carlo Americo Odella owns Europamerican Tile at 96 East Franklin Street, Centerville 45459 937 439 1485,Fax 439 6671, email:europamtile@aol.com. The website has directions to Europamerican’s showroom (M 10-7, Tu-Th 10-6, Fri- Sa 10-4) and additional articles on tile and grout.