Tiling Over Vinyl Glue

The original flooring was vinyl over concrete.

Tiling over vinyl glue.

You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper. You can t tile over old carpet glue but it s not hard to remove carpet adhesive before tiling. Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is. Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles.

Scrub your vinyl floor with a. As with laying tile over vinyl as long as the subfloor and joists provide a firm foundation the linoleum is well glued down in good shape and clean. But now that you have ripped up the old carpet you ve got a sticky situation. The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff.

Am i ok to scrape off any high points and tile down onto it using the norcros flexible adhesive after priming with sbr. The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty. Replacing carpet with tile can give your home an exciting new look. 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.