Tiling Over Sheet Vinyl

However as with all tile installations the entire subfloor below the tile is important not only the layer to which the tile is bonded.

Tiling over sheet vinyl.

2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile. The pad will also scratch the vinyl so there s no going back. While you don t have to remove your vinyl sheet flooring to install a new tile floor over it the tile council of north america recommends that old sheet flooring be cleaned of wax or bond breakers and new tile should only be laid over one well attached layer of vinyl. To tile over sheet vinyl the following is generally recommended by most mortar manufacturers.

Gluing over vinyl tile when installing new stone ceramic or porcelain tiles over a vinyl tile subfloor thinset is definitely the way to go. Once you ve removed lose or broken pieces patch the empty sections with a liquid cement or mortar letting it settle level with the tile floor. Before you start see if any tile is broken or damaged. Vinyl tile comes in two forms.

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. This means the flooring can possibly shift beneath the tile likely causing damage to grout joints. 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. Snap together vinyl planks come with a rigid or semirigid backing so defects in the subfloor aren t as apparent but large deep grout lines can cause the joints to separate.

The trouble is that thinset generally requires a. Your greatest concerns when installing a vinyl floor over the existing tile are the tile s joints and the floor s height. Most luxury vinyl planks are not suitable for tiling over because this flooring typically is laid as a floating floor with no adhesive. The sheet vinyl must be single layer only and well attached.

3 spread a thin layer of concrete over the vinyl and install tile. 1 remove both layers of vinyl before tile install. The other which is referred to as peel and stick comes with self adhesive backing. The sheet vinyl must be clean and free of wax or other bond breakers.

I ve been told to. One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do.