Tile Mortar Over Vinyl Glue

Sometimes you will get glue marks on your floor which ruins the effect.

Tile mortar over vinyl glue.

That also means that wall tile doesn t need the solid support that floor tile demands. I ve use these for severals years over old vinyl and carpet glue residue with no problems. Installing over existing vinyl. Apply a layer of thin set tile adhesive to the vinyl using a notched trowel.

To do this scoop a small amount of thin set adhesive onto the floor then drag the edge of the trowel over it to cover the floor. Am i ok to scrape off any high points and tile down onto it using the norcros flexible adhesive after priming with sbr. Prior to the installation of floor covering systems triseal will also seal floors in dusty conditions providing a clean. Exposed areas between ridges of adhesive should expose the vinyl flooring.

While when you use adhesive to glue your vinyl floor tile on the subfloor the excess may leak to the surface. However if you can t remove the old surface or otherwise decide to install over it lay a backer board with thin set over the old surface to serve as your new subfloor material. The cementlike consistency of thinset is important with heavy tiles such as ceramic and stone but with vinyl which is. Hi all i m going to put ceramic tiles down over a concrete floor which has previously had clear looking vinyl flooring glued down onto it as can be seen in the attachment.

Tile can be laid directly over vinyl flooring on a concrete slab if the vinyl in good condition and glued down securely. Here s how to go about it. Wall tile is generally thinner than floor tile and doesn t require floor tile s compressive strength. Excess glue can be difficult to remove from vinyl floor tiles but there are a few ways to do it without damaging your new vinyl plank flooring.

We are talking old school 1960 s thick vinyl floor 12 x 12 s and the ceramic floor stuck just fine but now there is black glue on the concrete and it is real thin but and is sticking very well to the con. Set ceramic tile over vinyl title adhesive residue on basement concrete floor frank the two products i use that are rated for use over vinyl adhesive are laticrete 317 thinset with 333 additive and summitville 777 thinset with 810 additive. So i pulled up the old tile in my bedroom and it was installed over vinyl flooring. While thinset mortar could hold vinyl tile in place it is not necessary.

Apply thin set adhesive to the vinyl flooring with a notched trowel. When tiling over vinyl flooring on a wood subfloor you should apply a layer of 1 2 thick cement backer board first.