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MAAAAATE,
Just checked out the photos…lookin' goooood!!!Was the floating floor difficult to lay? Any tricks/tips you could pass on?
How are you going with the budget? Do you have any figures yet to share? What did REA say re sale price…was it good news?
Hi Jase and Flic,
We bought a house with a leaky shower recess. The tiler (we used a pro) sanded down the old tiles, sealed over them all with that blue sealer goop, then laid new tiles over the top. He had to add a bit to the drain pipe, as the second layer of tiles raised the floor level. We haven't had any trouble with it since (we've had the place for 5 yrs now), and if you didn't know you wouldn't notice. I would definately do it again if I needed to.I would suggest, though, that the sanding process is EXTEMELY messy – the tiler had special breathing apparatus, and dust went everywhere, even though it was a relatively small job. I believe the surface of the tile needs to be rough (much the same as it is for painting over enamel paint) in order for the grout and tiles to adhere to. So if your have a large area, you would have to consider the pros and cons of doing it this way vs ripping up the old tiles. It's probably much of a muchness, considering they are both bloody awful jobs!! If it was me, I'd get a tiler to do it….but then again I'm a bit of a wus…
Thanks for the info Crashy,
It's a lesson we learnt the hard way. I guess one positive is that we know we were exposed and can keep it in the back of our minds re future health issues.
Any parents out there (Jase and Flic included) it's better to be safe than sorry with your kids – keep them out of the house any time you are sanding/drilling, in fact any time dust of any sort is stirred up…who knows what may turn out to be dangerous in the future.
Kel
Hi Guys,
I've been reading this thread with alot of interest…well done!!
I felt I just had to enter the conversation to add my concerns about DIY reno's – learnt through very hard personal experience. We purchased a home with great plans to improve the wreck of a place that it was…you know, rip out the kitchen, remove a wall here, rip up the lino and polish the floors etc. All structural work was done with qualified tradies, with us doing the tough yucky stuff – painting, ripping up the lino. And that's when our own tragedy struck. I'm crying even as I write this…We had NO IDEA that old Lino was often backed with asbestos until after we had spent weeks scraping stuck down lino that had powdered and flacked off. I mean we were LIVING in blue dust – and I don't mean just my husband and I, but our 3 beautiful young boys (under the age of 11), family and friends came to visit, even other tradies come and worked in the mess – and NO ONE KNEW – until we decided it was all too much work and we'd just get it all recovered in vinyl. The salesman took one look and said the words that will never leave me.."You knows that's asbestos don't you?"
We still have not had the sample formally tested – I don't think I want to know the truth. Besides it's not going to help us now.
PLEASE EVERYONE : ASBESTOS IS BLOODY EVERYWHERE.
Get anything and everything checked….even better get someone who knows what they're doing to do the job, for your safety, and the safety of everyone you care about.
Kel
