4 since you are looking at polished or ground concrete anyway the usual issue of having to pay a lot to fully remove the grout to provide a suitable surface for another overlay does not apply the tile and grout can be rough removed then the final bits of grout that are left can be ground down along with the top of the concrete to whatever.
Installing concrete countertops over tile.
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Now we have done several concrete countertops before and have removed the old countertop and poured a whole new one.
Use wood trim instead of special edging tiles and do the work yourself.
Here s a pic of the original counters if you haven t seen it yet check out the how to post for concrete countertops over laminate to install your own counter.
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Concrete countertops are often the domain of professionals but you can create a concrete overlay on an existing tiled countertop with a few humble supplies and materials.
When a tile countertop wears out its welcome in your kitchen you can tear it out and replace it.
Try using flooring tiles instead of those specifically for countertops.
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2 the tile is laid over a 1 thick bed of concrete so the total thickness of concrete is quite thick and the tile will not be moving with that thick bed underneath.
There are a couple cracks but all concrete cracks.
This project is time consuming messy and depending on the materials you select can be costly.
Set in fixtures such as.
And i must say it has worked out so far.
This was an experiment to pour concrete over the top of existing countertops.
Diy feather finish concrete countertops three years later.
I truly don t know why anyone would choose to have mosaic tile countertops.
Hi doug gb 1 the concrete is meant for overlay featheredge from 0 to 4 thick so it s supposed to be good at any thickness.
I lived with these gross one inch white tile countertops for over a year before i got around to attempting a diy feather finish concrete counter.
I decided to give these a shot mostly because i didn t have the money yet to go full on with new counters and didn t.
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