Vinyl Tile Over Ceramic 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.

Vinyl tile over ceramic tile.

Smooth out the tile. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. Plank vinyl flooring over ceramic tile. Ceramic tile has grout joints that are uneven so if you were to install the vinyl over top you would see the grout joints underneath the vinyl.

One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness. 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. Laying vinyl peel and stick tile over ceramic tile. Then smooth out the ceramic tile before laying the vinyl.

Vinyl tile is an excellent option for sealing in asbestos tiles. 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. Installing over wood. With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present.

Fortunately ceramic tile is often a suitable surface on which install vinyl planks. 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. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for 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.

It can provide a smooth even surface under the vinyl which will allow it to be smooth and tightly sealed. The ceramic tile must be in good shape without cracks or large gashes. Be sure to cinch the peel and stick tile down with a floor roller so it doesn t pop back up. 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.

Use a self leveling compound to fill in the grout joints. The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles. Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product. Over time the vinyl will sink or be pressed down into the contour of these depressions telescoping the grout joints from the ceramic tile installation all the way up through the vinyl tiles.