If you were to want a countertop that is only going to last at most five yearsd, hopefully much less……..is it possible to tile over a laminate countertop?
Wife saw this on the diy network, yah just scuff up the countertop with a grinder, cut off the backsplash with the sawzall and slap on the thin set and set dem tiles. I’m thinking might make it through one dinner party but will fall off after that.
I was thinking…..cut off the backsplash, then screw on some hardibacker tape on the deck and the front lip , tape the joints and then tile away. Only problem is bump on the front that keeps the water from running on the floor.
By the way this started as a replacement for a garbage disposer, that led to a new kitchen sink and then the sink led to a new faucet….well you see where this is going. Probably going to gut the kitchen in 3 to 5 years so don’t need a permanent solution.
SWMBO has stated no more laminate countertops……
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As long as the laminate is well adhered, there's nothing wrong with tiling right over it. But I would add a layer of 1/4" hardie. Easy and cheap to do, screwed and thinsetted it solves the potential laminate problem, and you can solve the problem with the bump in the front.
"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
So you would thinset underneath the hardie and screw it? I was getting the impression that the thinset would not adher very well to the laminate if it wasn't scuffed up, but heck it aint going nowhere with a lot of screws right?
Use a random orbit sander with 60-80 grit paper to take all the shine off. My Porter cable has a dust hook up, so it works well inside ... if I remember to turn on the vacuum ... and then if i remember to change or clean the filter.
Anyway, then a thinned layer of thinset, then the hardie, then screws countersunk into the hardie. You don't need to wait for the thinset to set before laying tile."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Construction adhesive sticks to everything. I wouldn't recommend it as a way of setting the tile permanently, but if your looking for a short term solution, I think it would hold up until you made it to the grand remodeling.
There was an article in the magazine a few years ago with this very method.
If I recall it worked great.
Have a good day
CLiffy
Yeah but you gotta pay to use the magazine archives and the advice of you guys is free!!!!!
I would have to over to my drafting table and look through a hundred and some magazines of FHB to find it. What I do remember though is he used cement board in a thin set to the old laminate counter, then also a vertical edge at the front same way. Then he tiled over the whole works.
Have a good day
CLiffy