Tiling A Kitchen Countertop Over Laminate

Begin placing the tile from the center of the counter out pressing back and forth and side to side on each tile to secure the thinset.

Tiling a kitchen countertop over laminate.

When we had our old tile countertop torn out in the kitchen we saw that someone had laid the tile over a previous layer of tile. If the countertop is delaminating in areas the tile will not hold. To make things worse there was about a half inch mud bed under the top layer. This project involves laying ceramic tile over a laminate countertop around a top mounted kitchen sink and on.

Install tile over laminate countertop and backsplash step 1. You do not want to simply apply the thin set every where and start laying the tile after. Mix the thinset in a large bucket and spread it about 1 8 inch thick over the entire laminate surface. Use a trowel to create beads all through the adhesive.

Remove the stove from the kitchen by taking out the bottom drawer and placing the feet on top of a blanket so. After laying out the tile ensure that the tile is level by using a. Then butter the back of the tile. Use contact cement to reapply the laminate so that it firmly sticks to the mdf.

While the point of installing tile over laminate is to cover up the poor laminate there is a limit as to how bad that laminate can be.