​Tired of your outdated tiles? Do you want to replace them with something fresh? Don't tear out your old tile: just tile over it! 

Vinyl plank flooring has received plenty of attention in the past few years, in part because it is so easy to install over older, existing flooring, but with today’s modern primers and thinsets, you can easily tile over an older, outdated tiled or vinyl surface, with no mess and no fuss!  

Tiling a ceiling used to be a relatively easy job. Tiles were small and lightweight with ceramic bodies, which absorbed water from the thinset, resulting in a fast thinset cure and few tiles dropped while the thinset was curing. Fast forward to today when tiles are often made of porcelain which absorbs very little water. This means a slow thinset cure time and a greater chance of a tile dropping while curing.
Porcelain is also heavy compared to ceramic, and that combined with large tile sizes and small grout joints means that very little air can enter the joints, slowing down curing time and creating a precarious situation!
Here is how to keep the tiles up on the ceiling where they belong.