Laying Ceramic Tile Over Sheet Vinyl

Ron and armen tavy demonstrate one such surface in this project as they install ceramic tile over vinyl flooring.

Laying ceramic tile over sheet vinyl.

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. With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile. 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.

One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do. I ve been told to. 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. 2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile.

Using the tavy thin skin system home owners are now able to lay ceramic tile over surfaces that would have never before been possible. 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. Installing vinyl tile over existing vinyl floor. 3 spread a thin layer of concrete over the vinyl and install 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. Installing over wood. A unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile.

1 remove both layers of vinyl before tile install. Vinyl tile comes in two forms.