Gift Cards. Design Dilemma. Can you tile over marble fireplace surround? Fran Z 6 years ago. Email Save Comment 9. Featured Answer. Cancork Floor Inc. Like 2 Save. Sort by: Oldest. Newest Oldest. Like 1 Save. You work from the bottom up and I have found that duct tape works really well to keep things in place.
You can get some tile wedges to adjust the heights, if the pieces are a bit uneven. But, I use pieces of tape and tape the marble, stone, tile, to anything around the pieces, to stop them from falling forward. Adhesive for placing marble tile over honed marble tile Q. For my first major DIY project, I think it turned out pretty well check out the pictures.
As many of you probably know, houses built in this era are never level or square. Due to this issue, we couldn't get the cast iron tub perfectly level and square in the opening. When laying the subway tile in the shower surround, I had my ledger board perfectly level, but didn't account for the slope in tub. The tiles along the failed caulking have absorbed water and have discolored, which is driving me crazy.
The solution I have come up with is to use the leftover tile to cover the opening. So now I have a 1. My question to the Houzz Community is what adhesive should I use to bond the new tile to the existing honed tile? There will be no cement board or other typical material for the adhesive to bond to. Also know, can you tile over marble? ANSWER - As long as the existing marble floor is structurally sound and well bonded to its substrate without excessive deflection, you can bond over the marble.
The marble surface is likely polished or honed and it might have a sealer on it or contaminates from pass use. Additionally, can you put tile over existing tile? If your old ceramic tile is worn or dated, you can lay new tile right over the old, and avoid the huge job of tearing out the old tile.
This assumes that the floor underneath is solid concrete and that there are no cracks in the existing tile indicating underlying problems in the concrete.
Marble tiles should be adhered to the substrate using thin-set or epoxy. Thin-set is a mixture of cement, sand and methylcellulose. Epoxies are also recommended for setting marble tiles. Thin-set and epoxies are not sensitive to water, an important point because marble tile is water sensitive and could absorb moisture. Press the thinset cement into the cracks between the stone. You will need to use a good polymer modified thin-set mortar for the adhesive. Cultured marble is basically a plastic type of material.
There are not established standards for adhering tile to cultured marble. Chances are that an epoxy adhesive will bond to the cultured marble as ti will to most tiles. You will have to experiment to see what will work and whatever you do it will be at your own risks. The other thing you can do in theory is screw down a cementitious backer board to the cultured marble and then use a modified thin-set mortar to adhere a tile to the backer board.
We have a marble floor and want to change to Italian marble floor.. Can we put Italian marble over existing marble. Whether the marble was quarried in USA or China or Italy, if it is a true marble then they have some common physical properties even though they may look different.
Many marbles are quarried in other countries and then shipped in blocks to China or Italy where they then produce them into slabs and tiles. Yes you can bond a marble to a marble if your floor plan can accept the added thickness. Of course the new marble is only as structurally sound as the original marble, so the original marble has to be well bonded.
Otherwise, the excess weight can cause structural issues. Now go forth and enjoy your new, easy-to-install tile surface! Disclosure: BobVila. You agree that BobVila. All rights reserved. Expert advice from Bob Vila, the most trusted name in home improvement, home remodeling, home repair, and DIY. Learn how you save time and effort in this DIY job—so long as you follow these rules of thumb for installation.
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