Tiles on top of tiles ?

Question

Will my bathroom look smaller if the tiler tiles on top of existing tiles ?

Daniel · Accepted Answer

I wouldn't tile on top of tiles as you don't know the quality of the bond already between first layer and the wall also have to think about weight ratio per square metre

Stephen · Answer

Definitely, you'll lose an inch on every wall, that's 4 inch.. I'd always remove old tiles.

Piotr · Answer

Bathroom wouldn't look smaller if you put tiles on top other tiles

Kamil · Answer

I would not recommend you to put new tiles on existing one.
Yes, it is going to make your batroom look smaller. If you have a quite big bathroom it does not matter but if a bathroom is small it will be visible difference.

Glenn · Answer

It will only be the thickness of the tiles and adhesive 15mm

Guy · Answer

While you can tile on tiles, it’s not advisable.

A lot of bathrooms I see, the tiles aren’t installed correctly in the first place, so add to that the additional weight of another level of tiles and adhesive, and you’re looking at the whole lot crashing down. In a bathroom, the plaster behind the tiles retains moisture, so isn’t very sturdy. We tend to put cement boards on the wall prior to tiling.

If you cut corners it’ll cost you in the long term.

Chris · Answer

You can tile straight over tiles as i have done this loads with McDonalds refurb contracts. However it will reduce the size of the room though not by much. The problem you will have is when you get to the door threshold as you will need to install deeper architrave.

Shaun · Answer

Yes you can tile on top of tiles and it won’t look smaller

Vasile Giani · Answer

Yes we do that sometime but first you need to apply an special adhesive on the top of existing ones for a stronger grip

Tiles on top of tiles ?

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