Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Dec 14, 2010 12:32 pm Hi all We're new to renovating, and have just bought our first home. We've decided to rip out the bath and tile the exposed floor. There is a shower in the bathroom and it is a very small space with currently, no vanity. Just a sink. If we did remove the bath, we would never be able to get floor tiles that match existing tiles, and ripping out all the floor tiles would push us over the budget. Wondering if anyone could help with ideas on how to tie in the new tiles? The current tiles are cream with a little darker pink runing through them, If i just tiled the new portion in white, I'm thinking it might be too stark? Many thanks in advance Re: Floor Tiling - new and old tiles 2Dec 14, 2010 1:28 pm Could you take a photo/s of the bathroom and post it up? Are you putting a vanity in the space where the bath was? If so then you might just end up with a row of different tiles along the foot of the vanity. You might be able to chip out just a row of old tiles somewhere else in the room and then match it in - kind of like a feature strip on the floor? Would you regrout the old tiled area? Tile paint might be another option - then you just have to get tiles the same dimensions as the old and paint the whole lot in a single colour. Re: Floor Tiling - new and old tiles 3Dec 14, 2010 2:01 pm Hi there Thanks very much for your reply. I like the chipping out idea, is that easy enough to do for floor tiles? Would it affect/move/chip the other tiles? I’m thinking I could remove one row of tiles, 2 or 3 rows before the end, replace them with white tiles of the same size…and then continue again with white tiles when the cream ones end. The vanity will not fit entirely on the new tiles as there is a window as well. Re: Floor Tiling - new and old tiles 4Dec 14, 2010 2:58 pm sharm I like the chipping out idea, is that easy enough to do for floor tiles? Would it affect/move/chip the other tiles? No - it won't be easy. It is a job that requires a delicate touch and a lot of patience, but if time but not cash is on hand and you fancy a challenge? Another problem I can see with this approach will be how the old grout and new grout will look terrible together. I'm sure you will need to regrout the old section or get a coloured epoxy grout seal over the lot to get a finish you will be happy with. Re: Floor Tiling - new and old tiles 5Dec 14, 2010 3:30 pm Tiling really isn't thhhatttt expensive for the mucking around in avoiding doing it. Depending on the product used to glue the tiles down getting them up in one piece will be tricky to say the least, add to that the complication of having to eithe rrip out the grout and regrout or be faced with miss matched grout it all sounds to hard. Guessing by the time you find all the bits and pieces you want you are going to be up for something huge like 3 days and probably still burn more cash than you are thinking on odds and ends. Floor tiles can easily be had for $20 m^2 and laying at $40 m^2 (please note you can get it cheaper than that on both counts). So by the sounds of it the room is small at maybe 1.5 x 2.5 so ~ 4m^2 all up $250 ish, even allowing a 'small job tax' a tradie might charge i can't see it being more than $400. If you want to play DIY floor tiling on a decent flat floor isn't brain surgery for a standard job and you can probably get away easily for under $200 including glues/etc... maybe allow 60 for a cheap cutter and a grinder. Even for a first time you should be able to knock it over 1 day start to finish including removing the old tiles. Hi, I'm clearing the tiles from our horrid 50 year old bathroom and preparing to lay new ones. Bugger of a job getting the old… 0 8091 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7554 Hi all Am new to this forum. I want to get some ideas/info about how to manage an 80 year old factory restoration to convert to a residence. The factory floor is concrete… 0 6347 |