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How do I lay viynl tiles in bathroom over horrible mosiac tiles fitted by Dolphin Bathrooms.?

I have horrible Mosiac tiles fitted and supplied by Dolphin Bathrooms they were forced sold to me by a picture which gave no reference to what they actually are like. I want to know if I can lay vinyl tiles over these rather than taking up old floor. Should I lay plywood underlay or screed the floor or any other ideas.

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1. id lay some plywood then tile over that.
2. You have to use an underlayment of some kind. Use plywood if it doesn't raise the floor up too high. If it does, you'll have to strip the tile.
3. There are 2 types of cement over lay you can choose from. One is a self leveling compound that you can pour over the whole floor and let dry for 24 hrs minimum. The second is a floated type , cement based material that you can float over the mosaics to make them smooth enough to put vinyl tiles over so the grout lines won t telescope and show through. Both ways you need solid mosaics and thoroughly clean and treated with a special latex primer. Very difficult if not impossible to put a plywood over a ceramic properly. Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL
4. If the floor itself is sound enough you can lay vinyl tile on top,if its not level you can screed the floor with self-leveling compound.When you come to lay the vinyl tile make sure the you heat them first to make the tiles flexible,if you don`t they will split or break when flaten to lay them....good luck