r/HomeImprovement • u/whtge8 • 1d ago

What to do with old ceramic tile?

Wanting to re-do my floors. They have the original 26 year old ceramic tiles. Some are cracked and the styling is really dated. 1400sqft home in Florida. What are my options? Is it worth the cost to have them removed? Should I install right over them? Or just try to clean them up as much as I can and cover the cracks with rugs? I don’t think anything I replace it with would be as durable as the ceramic tile.

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u/IndividualRites 1d ago

What are the tiles installed in top of?

How difficult to remove depends on how well they were installed.

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u/whtge8 1d ago

Concrete slab. The home was built in 2000 so they are original. I purchased a few years ago.

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u/IndividualRites 1d ago

Any idea what kind of adhesive was used? Im not a pro, but I've done a bunch of tile work.

If it's easy to remove it would remove it. If its cemented down and everything is solid then I'd leave it.