Tiling Over Old Vinyl Tiles

There are times when you look at the vinyl of a bathroom floor and just want to cringe.

Tiling over old vinyl tiles.

Maybe it s beginning to stick up or it was put in during the nixon administration and looks like a psychedelic acid flashback. Vinyl tile comes in two forms. Once the tile is leveled off your next step is to remove the toilet so that the floor can be laid under it not cut around it. 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.

However after a few years it is likely that you will need to replace your old flooring if you choose to try your hand at laying vinyl floor over old vinyl read this article first so you get the best results possible from your new floor. So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring. Most of the floor is fine but there is one section that is peeled away. Vinyl tile is an excellent option for sealing in asbestos tiles.

I plan to lay vinyl tiles over old linoleum floor in a bathroom. Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring. Ben erickson november 11 2010 at 1 58 pm. Next if the tile s joints are deep you ll want regrout them to bring them flush with the tile so that the lines won t telegraph show through the vinyl floor.

One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness. One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do. 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. There s luan 1 4 and then subfloor.

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. Can i lay ceramic tile over old vinyl tile in my kitchen. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. If you aren t removing the old floor you may be creating a new floor that is too thick for doors to open and shut or for thresholds to have clearance.

It s time to replace that old floor with some fancy new bathroom tile. This isn t possible with every flooring material but it s often possible to install ceramic porcelain or stone tile over resilient flooring including standard sheet vinyl vinyl tile or linoleum. Installing over wood. Installing vinyl tile over existing vinyl floor.

The other which is referred to as peel and stick.