Tile On Top Of Sheet Vinyl

The plan is to install 12 12 ceramic tile.

Tile on top of sheet vinyl.

The vinyl and the cushion must be removed. By applying a glue down vinyl over another vinyl your are creating a soft substrate for you new floor. If the vinyl laminate has a cushioned layer of foam underneath your tile will eventually crack. With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present.

1 remove both layers of vinyl before tile install. Vinyl tile comes in two forms one requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do putting down an underlayment is possibly the simplest way to prepare an existing vinyl floor for vinyl tiles stripping vinyl floors are often treated with a urethane top coat to keep them looking shiny and vinyl sheet flooring. The standard width of vinyl. It s great that you want to revamp your flooring from old vinyl sheet flooring to vinyl tile plank flooring.

3 spread a thin layer of concrete over the vinyl and install tile. There are people that say that you can place tiling on top of existing vinyl if it s securely adhered and if the floor underneath is solid but i don t agree. I ve been told to. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile.

2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile. To install vinyl tile over your vinyl flooring you ll only need a few tools some time and a bit of planning.