Laying Ceramic Floor Tiles Over Vinyl Tiles

Installing over wood.

Laying ceramic floor tiles over vinyl tiles.

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. The floor must be in good condition before you can begin installing vinyl 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.

Telegraphing occurs when imperfections in the subfloor pre existing floor or grout lines from below the floating tile top layer of flooring begin to surface and. These areas will need to be removed with a hammer and. So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring. Not only do i think it appears cold sterile and a bit.

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. So a few months ago i wrote a post on how i cleaned the nasty ceramic tile i inherited when i bought my 1980 s fixer upper and while my cleaning method was highly effective at whitening grout lines and removing years of filth from the crevices in the tile i have always had major beef with ceramic tile. Lvt flooring why i chose it. 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.

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.