Easy way to retile your floors

Tiles are a necessary part of home décor. The colour and pattern of floor tiles in the living room can add an element of elegance and warmth. Larger tiles, which imply minimum joints, also give an impression of larger space.  

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The good thing about tiles is that these are long lasting if laid well. However, we all crave change and after a few years the same tiles and décor can begin to look jaded. You may even decide to go in for a change of furniture and the colour scheme of your tiles may just not match the new look you have planned for your home. So retiling is a good way to give a makeover  to your home and it doesn’t have to take forever and make a mess if you opt for a tile-on-tile application. 

Retiling woes

Very often home owners are averse to changing tiles just because it involves the time consuming and expensive procedure of breaking the existing tiles and relaying the floors. This could also result in some amount of damage to the walls of the room and could even require a new coat of paint and wallpaper. Earlier, contractors would advise against affixing tile-on-tile as there were chances of slippage.

However, thanks to new age products like non-skid adhesives tile-on-tile applications have become easy and secure. These adhesives are a blended polymer modified cement based powder tile adhesive that forms a waterproof barrier between two surfaces and has excellent ‘grab’ properties. The tile-on-tile application involves much less time and definitely less mess.    

— Inputs by Sanjay Bahadur, Global CEO, Construction Chemical Division, Pidilite Industries