Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Mar 18, 2011 6:24 am Hi Everyone, I have just bought my first home which has slate tile floors throughout the kitchen/dining and entrance way. I'm not really a fan and am toying with the possibility for ripping them up and putting a floating wood panel floor down. Has anyone had experience with removing them, or is it not worth the trouble? Thanks! jade To put anything over slate you will need to put self level compound over the entire area as slate various in thickness and is very un even. To install most types of… 1 390 I would probably render it and then paint it as per your other advice, or gyrpock over the top. 1 3338 just pull up the slate. If you go over the top, your tiles would not have an even surface to be glued to. Im no tiler, but i can imagine a couple of things being an issue… 1 333 |