Overlay Tiling

[keltan8 0]

Hi,

I was quoted by 1 reno company, surprised by their kitchen and 2 x toilets package :

All flooring and wall tiles using OVERLAY ?

Can experts here tell me is it advisable to do that ? any disadvantages ?

Thank you so much !

[octave 0]

Hi,

I was quoted by 1 reno company, surprised by their kitchen and 2 x toilets package :

All flooring and wall tiles using OVERLAY ?

Can experts here tell me is it advisable to do that ? any disadvantages ?

Thank you so much !

Try to avoid overlaying, unless you dun have a choice, That some honest contractor feedback.

[MingzhuAng 0]

Hi,

I was quoted by 1 reno company, surprised by their kitchen and 2 x toilets package :

All flooring and wall tiles using OVERLAY ?

Can experts here tell me is it advisable to do that ? any disadvantages ?

Thank you so much !

If yours is a new flat, mostly will have to overlay if you want to have different tiles. If not, should go for hacking and lay tiles. Of course, you can overlay, but no guarantee that the tiles below will not crack or pop up in future especially there are hollowness in it. If the bottom tile cracks or pops up, it will affect the ones that are above.

[keltan8 0]

If yours is a new flat, mostly will have to overlay if you want to have different tiles. If not, should go for hacking and lay tiles. Of course, you can overlay, but no guarantee that the tiles below will not crack or pop up in future especially there are hollowness in it. If the bottom tile cracks or pops up, it will affect the ones that are above.

octave, is there any particular reason ?

MingzhuAng, thanks for the advise

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[dinobros 1]

1) if you overlay, your house become lower and smaller

2) if the original tiles are old, it may pop and affect the new ones

3) if the original water proofing not done well, if there are water leakage to your neighbour below, u will need to hack and relay

Since you are renovating now, might as well hack and relay.

For my unit, spent about 4k more for the hacking

Edited October 12, 2011 by dinobros

[keltan8 0]

1) if you overlay, your house become lower and smaller

2) if the original tiles are old, it may pop and affect the new ones

3) if the original water proofing not done well, if there are water leakage to your neighbour below, u will need to hack and relay

Since you are renovating now, might as well hack and relay.

For my unit, spent about 4k more for the hacking

ok, at first i quite like the idea because no need to hack

but he say they will call me to inspect all the tiles by knocking and listen to "hollow" sound.

changed those that got sound and then start to overlay

now i think i buy your reason , thanks dinobros

[renoseeker 0]

So what's the rule of thumb here? Resale Flat = Hack and Relay and New Flat = Overlay

Am I correct?

[dinobros 1]

So what's the rule of thumb here? Resale Flat = Hack and Relay and New Flat = Overlay

Am I correct?

Hi renoseeker,

For brand new flats: not allowed to hack for the first 3 years thus no choice but to overlay for kitchen and toilet floor and wall tiles.

For resale flats: personal preference

[renoseeker 0]

hi dinobros. Thanks for the info!