Tiling Over Two Vinyl Floors

Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring.

Tiling over two vinyl floors.

With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. The warm look of natural textured wood is the warm look of natural textured wood is affordable and easy to install with the 12 in. Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product. 2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile.

The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles. Unlike wood this flooring is water resistant and can be used in most any room including bathrooms and kitchens. I ve been told to. Vinyl tile comes in two forms.

Chipboard cushioned vinyl flooring particle boards of any type oriented strand board osb interior grade plywood tongue and groove planking and hardwood floors are unsuitable substrates for direct installation of ceramic tile. The other which is referred to as peel and stick. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile.

Resilient vinyl tile flooring from trafficmaster. If the grout lines in the ceramic tile are deep you ll see and feel them under sheet flooring and if you choose to install preglued vinyl tiles they won t stick. The tiling will raise the floor a little so you ll need to cut a little from the bottom of the door if it swings inside the bathroom. Use an abrasive pad or scrub brush soaked in water and vinyl floor stripping to get off all the dirt and wax on the floor.

The pad will also scratch the vinyl so there s no going back. N the case of new ceramic and stone tile installations to allow previous floor coverings of a flexible nature such as vinyl sheet flooring cushioned vinyl sheet flooring vinyl composition tile vct to remain in place can only increase the odds of a new ceramic or stone tile installation failure. Existing floor coverings vinyl or otherwise. 3 spread a thin layer of concrete over the vinyl and install tile.

While standard sheet vinyl that is well bonded usually makes an acceptable base for ceramic tile that s not true of all forms of resilient flooring. One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do. The longer i live on this planet the more i shy from taking risks i think it has something to do with all of the trouble i encountered as a teenage daredevil.