I think Jochem meant - what's under that original oak floor? If you have patching there, it may be because of water damage, and you may have some structural issues. In other words, this may be a bigger project than you thought. Now is the time to figure that out. You don't want to tile over an existing structural problem. Poke at the wood with a screwdriver. Is it spongey at all? Not good. Examine it carefully and honestly. If you plan to stay in the house, you want to do this right, right?
As to removing the rest of the floor without breaking the tiles - I'm not sure how much I'd worry about it, as it sounds like you're going to have a significant gap between the old floor height and the new floor height. You'll probably need to take off the bottom row of tiles and replace them anyway, to match the new height. On 5/31/05, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the bootom floor is origional oak 3" boards. > i belive the plumbus is below that & ubove the cieling in kitchen. > > i am almost calm, 2 patches on & a 1/2 cig today. > > so i may buy a tile saw instead of renting. > a 12 dollar differnce, and then its mine > http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productList&function=search&categoryId=TILE_SAWS.CATEGORY&topic=goShopping&bc=c > > still not sure the best way to do this. > > guess i will pull out toilet. > rip up flooring tonight. > put down cement board re hook up toilet. > > then wait till week end to tile? > sucks. > > On 5/31/05, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul Ihrig wrote: > > > never tick you wife off on the 3rd day of a nice weekend > > > she decided to demo the floor in bathroom... > > > > Impulsive DIY is never a good idea. Trust me :) > > > > > > > started to remove a layer of linoleum in our only bathroom. > > > below that was a layer of plywood. > > > then another layer of linoleum, that rested on the original wood work. > > > > And below that? Is the original woodwork sheets of wood supported by beams? > > Does the plumbing run between the beams of the floor and the ceiling of the > > level below that? Or does all the plumbing run vertically through the wall? > > > > > > > it looks like the original hardwood floors stop & there is a plywood > > > patch. > > > we have broken many tile on the base of the walls that rest on the > > > linoleum. > > > > > > my wife wants tile & i am a little over whelmed. > > > > I can imagine that :) > > > > > > Stop working and take some time to design your new bathroom. What you need > > to do and in which order depends a lot on what you want to achieve. For > > instance, with some tubs you lay (some of) the tiles first, then the tub, > > then the rest of the tiles: > > http://www.celerityfm.com/images/122103/08%20f33r%20our%20bathtub.jpg > > (Not the best of examples, you could do all the tiles first and then the > > tub, but I couldn't find a better image that was SFW.) > > With some tubs you have no choice but to lay all the tiles first: > > http://www.gregorymullerassoc.com/images/BATHTUB.jpg > > > > Jochem > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159105 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
