the entire house has ceramic tile.

You must be talking about spackling to fill plaster holes or maybe grout for ceramic tiles.

just wondering if anyone has put heat mats etc under bath and kitchen ceramic tile.

I recently viewed a home that a builder has done in the area that had about 1500 sqft of nice ceramic tile on the main floor. to bad the normal for our area is hardwood and that home that started at 599k is now at 399k.

No problem, replace that in the bath with ceramic, but the bad stuff extendend into the master bedroom.

Also, if there was old carpet there that you needed to rip up first, are there any of the leveling problems with what's underneath the carpet, that you might encounter with trying to put in ceramic tile?

I was thinking thick layer of versabond and ceramic tiles should solve the problem ?

Ceramic tile all around and under windowOnly other thing is to close off and NO window at all but that makes a bath pitch black even during the daytime,,,least fav optionONLY other way would be to 'sneak' a high short window up high but this house fronts on busy main street and hard to miss that work if inspector is driving by while so doing.Shortest double hung is 36",,shortest sliding window is 24",,,any other options???

Ceramic tile while not the cheapest in labor, usually lasts the longest and takes a pretty good beating, again though its all about the prep before the install that makes it work.

It was a dump.I replaced all the vinyl with ceramic tile, new vanities with granite countertops, new toilets, new grass, all for pretty cheap cost.My house now looks up to date, but not the nicest it can be.