Installing Sheet Vinyl Flooring Over Ceramic Tile

A homeowner s guide to floor underlayments.

Installing sheet 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. 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. While there are different types of flooring you can choose vinyl planks luxury vinyl vinyl tiles or even wrap vinyl using a skim coat to even the floor surface is the secret to laying vinyl floor over old vinyl successfully. 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.

Use a self leveling compound to fill in the grout joints. And no resilient flooring with a cushioned construction will work beneath ceramic tile. If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the vinyl directly on the tile. Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product.

Your greatest concerns when installing a vinyl floor over the existing tile are the tile s joints and the floor s height. Cracked or missing tiles should be fixed or filled in. Vinyl flooring is a great idea. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring.

Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile. With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. Roll on adhesive for plain vinyl. Smooth out the tile then smooth out the ceramic tile before laying the vinyl.

Remove your baseboards and doors and cover the entire floor with sheets of underlayment to give your vinyl tiles a smooth and flawless surface they can adhere to. Before you start see if any tile is broken or damaged. Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring. Once this step is complete you can continue installing vinyl flooring as with any other substrate.