Looking at moving my laundry upstairs, and the right answer is to combine two adjacent closets to get the width and move one of their walls a foot or two into the kitchen to get the depth.
The kitchen floor is 10-inch-square tiles. It would be sort of nice if that continued on into the laundry closet. I do have a full bundle of spare tiles in the basement.
Question: Could/should I plan on the new wall coming in on top of the existing tiles (presumably having to drill to secure the footer without shattering them), or should I plan on removing the ones under the footer and fitting cut pieces back in afterward?
Best Answer
I do this all the time for partition walls. Tile the entire area then erect partition walls (usually metal studs) over the tile. Drill and screw at the grout joints for easy repair later. Way easier than cutting in tile and way easier to change later.