Replacing tile floors?

[Simba's Mom]

Has anyone had the tile floors in their house totally replaced with new tile? We bought this house that has tile floors in terrible condition. I wanted to cover the floors with laminate, but come to find out DH hates the laminate floor. He figures we can get a contractor to replace the floors with new tile. I've never known anyone to do that. Besides it being messy and costly, is there any other reason no one we know's ever done it. And speaking of cost, any idea what a task like that might cost for a little under a thousand square feet of floor (no stairs)? I'm hoping for 2-3 thousand dollars (is that realistic? With or without the cost of the tile?)

 

[Simba's Mom]

No one?

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

We had tile removed for our terrazzo to be refinished. The cost on tile removal I think was something like $1 per sq foot (maybe not that much--it was 2 years ago). Tile was only in the kitchen and dining room. Very interesting project. Sledge Hammer and shovel and in a couple of hours--tile was gone.

I've seen a variety of tile prices. Depends on what you are interested in. New tile can be installed for less than $2 per sf if it is cheap tile..$3-$5 and more per sf for something nicer.

You may try to remove the tile yourself to save some money and then hire your tile person to just do the install.

 

[LuvN~Travel]

That's pretty much what i want to do one day. Part of the downstairs is tiled, but it's that oh so pretty pink tile from the eighties, and I want something more natural eventually. However, for now I'm working toward getting the carpet out of the other downstairs area for now, and putting wood laminate in those areas. Hopefully it all won't take more than ten years!
Kim