Tiling Over Old Vinyl Tiles

Ben erickson november 11 2010 at 1 58 pm.

Tiling over old vinyl tiles.

There are times when you look at the vinyl of a bathroom floor and just want to cringe. There s luan 1 4 and then subfloor. Most of the floor is fine but there is one section that is peeled away. So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring.

Vinyl tile comes in two forms. 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. The other which is referred to as peel and stick. 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.

Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring. Installing over wood. 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. Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product.

One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. 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. 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.

One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do. 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. Maybe it s beginning to stick up or it was put in during the nixon administration and looks like a psychedelic acid flashback. 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.

Installing vinyl tile over existing vinyl floor. 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. I plan to lay vinyl tiles over old linoleum floor in a bathroom. It s time to replace that old floor with some fancy new bathroom tile.

Vinyl flooring is cheap cost effective and perfect for areas such as kitchen or bathroom that have to deal with high levels of humidity.