Tiling kitchen and bathroom?

Question

I'm going to be tiling my kitchen and bathroom, currently vinyl lino is on the floor does it matter whether I remove this or could I just tile the ceramic floor tiles on top of this is there any disadvantage/advantage of doing this?

Also the kitchen leads to a door which leads to the bathroom am I correct in saying I draw a centre chalk line from the kitchen door which is centre straight through to the end of the bathroom floor and lay the tiles without adhesion to get an even amount of tiles across each side of the floor?

And once I lay the tiles properly do I start from the bottom left of the kitchen floor working towards the right hand side and building up towards the end of the bathroom?

Or could I just have one side uneven which is the left hand side as it is shall not be visible as there shall be a fridge there also a worktop in the centre and a cooker however also on the right hand side of the wall there is the kitchen sink so basically the worktop and kitchen sink are opposite each other in the centre of the kitchen with appliances on either side

Please could you advise if I am going about the right way in tiling the kitchen and bathroom or if there is a alternative better option?

Answer 1

Laying ceramic floor tiles requires:-

A Flat solid floor  -  so you will need to check that there is no protrusions from the present flooring (nails etc.).  Therefore you will need to remove the current flooring and if necessary lay some sort of covering to make it level.

Laying the tiles: - It's up to you whether you 'balance' the pattern on either side but remember that if you try to balance them, you may finish up having to cut tiles on each side, that is a lot of work.  If one side will be unseen because there will be appliances covering the edge tiles, I would use full tiles on the side that will be most seen and only have to cut tiles on one side.  That is always assuming the the room is square! :>)

As for the bathroom 'matching' the kitchen, you could mark a chalk line as suggested, but if you use full size tiles on one side you should be able to match the joints through the doorway quite easily.

HTH