Ceramic and porcelain tile are so frequently installed at or above grade level on a cement board underlayment or directly on plywood that it almost seems novel to install tile directly on concrete.
Concrete floor over tile b.
Ceramic tile is a tough flooring surface that is as hard to remove as it is to damage after it is in place.
Taking out ceramic tile is dirty process that sends broken chips and concrete dust flying throughout the house.
A self leveling concrete overlay applied over brick and tile.
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Installing tile directly on concrete.
Yet this application does make sense since concrete is heavy solid and is typically thought of as an unbending uncompromising material.
This won t matter if another hard flooring surface will be going over the self leveler but the ghosting can ruin the appearance of the floor if the self leveler is going to be stained.
However tile removal typically about 2 3 sf concrete grinding polishing about 5 10 sf depending on finish desired and if staining also so your polished concrete look is going to cost you more than typical flooring other than stone or exotic hardwood at any rate.
It is set into a bed of thin set that hardens like concrete and the tile itself shatters like glass during removal.