Is replacing a kitchen tile countertop too difficult for DIY?
Friday, June 12th, 2009 at
3:42 pm
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Mrs. N asked:
We want to replace the countertop of our existing kitchen island. It currently has those horrendous 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ glossy white tiles circa 1992…the type that went into all tract homes in the early 90’s. Scary. My husband is quite the handyman (he installed our tile floors) but he’s never replaced countertops before.
We want to replace the countertop of our existing kitchen island. It currently has those horrendous 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ glossy white tiles circa 1992…the type that went into all tract homes in the early 90’s. Scary. My husband is quite the handyman (he installed our tile floors) but he’s never replaced countertops before.
If we want to remove these ugly tiles and replace them with granite tiles, should we hire a professional? Or is this something that we can do ourselves? And if we do it ourselves, can we just pull up the scary white tiles and re-use the existing backer-board/plywood OR do we have to replace the ENTIRE thing?
FYI…the island counter is 49″ x 38″ with a base cabinet of 48″ x 24″
