Ceramic Tile Over Vinyl Tile

A unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring.

Ceramic tile over vinyl tile.

Ron and armen tavy demonstrate one such surface in this project as they install ceramic tile over vinyl flooring. Linda asks can i lay ceramic tile over vinyl tile in my kitchen if the existing vinyl floor was installed over concrete and is glued down firmly you should be able to tile right over it without any problem. Read on to find out more. Visit ron hazelton s website for more home improvement projects.

It s time to replace that old floor with some fancy new bathroom tile. Learn a unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring. 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 main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles.

With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. 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. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic 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.

Installing over wood. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. Maybe it s beginning to stick up or it was put in during the nixon administration and looks like a psychedelic acid flashback.