If your flooring has such depressions it may be a good idea to determine the cause and have a professional.
Installing engineered hardwood over tile.
Yes you can install hardwood floors over ceramic tile but with a few exceptions.
I would suggest 3 8 thick prefinished engineered hardwood flooring.
Unlike traditional solid wood strips a floating floor isn t nailed down.
The planks go down fast over virtually any material concrete plywood sheet vinyl even ceramic tile.
Installing engineered hardwood over existing flooring is a great option for people who have hard to remove floors such as glued down hardwood or glued down vinyl.
One situation however does require more work and may call for removal of the tile.
What types of installations over tile.
Today i am going to share how i installed floorté hardwood series directly over my existing hardwood and tile flooring.
Is it possible to lay hardwood over an existing tile floor yes you can lay a wood floor over tile if the existing floor is in good shape and without cracks.
Whenever you install hardwood flooring over any type of subfloor you must ensure that it is completely level.
As with any flooring surface if there are major depressions and extensive cracking the issue may be with the subflooring.
This isn t to say you can install laminate over every tile floor.
When some of the tiles are loose chipped or broken.
Instead the planks are either glued or snapped together.
This exciting partnership with shaw floors has been a long time in the making but i can now proudly say that all of the flooring in my 1980 s fixer upper is brand.
When installing a floor over your existing floor you will want to choose an engineered wood floor that is at least 1 2 thick and over 4 3 4 wide.
First the tile should be in good shape level and free of depressions before installing laminate over tile.
Some conditions apply but most are easily addressed.
If your ceramic tile has grout lines that give it texture you will need to fill those in to make your flooring completely level.
Floating floors were designed for.
The simplest in terms of getting the job done without messy demo work would be a floating engineered floor.
I cannot believe the day has finally come my friends.
For years the only solution to installing hardwood floors over tile was rip it out and install the wood floor.