Laynne
2019-01-04 21:16:08
- #1
Hello everyone,
We have been homeowners for just under 4 weeks and are completely renovating the house built in 1956.
We have now encountered a "problem" in the bathroom:
Not only was wallpaper glued over wallpaper in every room... no, in the bathroom it was taken to the extreme. There are three (!) layers of tiles glued on top of each other.
For me, this is total nonsense. I would like to remove all the tiles and start from scratch.
The craftsmen were busy all day today trying to remove the upper white tiles. For the other two tiles (brown and underneath red), the effort is apparently not worthwhile for the following reasons:
- The tiles are glued down so firmly that it would take days/weeks to remove them completely. They already took almost an hour for about 10x10cm.
- The walls underneath are totally uneven. Afterward, you would have to plaster at least a few centimeters again and then work with drywall.
- The walls (especially the area around the door which is not a load-bearing wall and only 70mm thick) are quite old. The tiles apparently give it "more" stability.
In short, we were advised against it because the cost and benefit would not be in proportion. They would basically build a new structure on the old tiles and then glue the new tiles on there.
Of course, the wiring for electricity and water would be renewed. However, this would only partially take place where all layers really have to be removed.
I would really like to have the tiles removed, but after today’s hard work, it only makes limited sense to me.
I would be interested in your opinion and how to best proceed now if the tiles remain.
We have been homeowners for just under 4 weeks and are completely renovating the house built in 1956.
We have now encountered a "problem" in the bathroom:
Not only was wallpaper glued over wallpaper in every room... no, in the bathroom it was taken to the extreme. There are three (!) layers of tiles glued on top of each other.
For me, this is total nonsense. I would like to remove all the tiles and start from scratch.
The craftsmen were busy all day today trying to remove the upper white tiles. For the other two tiles (brown and underneath red), the effort is apparently not worthwhile for the following reasons:
- The tiles are glued down so firmly that it would take days/weeks to remove them completely. They already took almost an hour for about 10x10cm.
- The walls underneath are totally uneven. Afterward, you would have to plaster at least a few centimeters again and then work with drywall.
- The walls (especially the area around the door which is not a load-bearing wall and only 70mm thick) are quite old. The tiles apparently give it "more" stability.
In short, we were advised against it because the cost and benefit would not be in proportion. They would basically build a new structure on the old tiles and then glue the new tiles on there.
Of course, the wiring for electricity and water would be renewed. However, this would only partially take place where all layers really have to be removed.
I would really like to have the tiles removed, but after today’s hard work, it only makes limited sense to me.
I would be interested in your opinion and how to best proceed now if the tiles remain.