Installing Vinyl Tile On Top Of Vinyl Tile

The underlayment allows the laminate flooring to float on top of the sub floor.

Installing vinyl tile on top of vinyl tile.

If the old flooring has deep grout joints or a couple of. Your greatest concerns when installing a vinyl floor over the existing tile are the tile s joints and the floor s height. With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. Here are the step by step instructions for installing them yourself.

Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile. Install the second plank by holding it at an angle and inserting its tongue edge into the first plank s groove edge. 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. Cracked or missing tiles should be fixed or filled in.

Installing click lock vinyl plank flooring trim the short tongue edge from the first vinyl plank. 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. Though slightly more expensive planks with a thickness of 5 8 mm are a good option because they will be more capable of laying flush on the tile beneath. Self stick vinyl floor tiles are a great flooring option because they are durable affordable easy to install and available in a variety of styles and colors.

If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the vinyl directly on the tile. Additionally when placing vinyl planks over ceramic tiles it is advisable to use thick vinyl planks as opposed to the thinner ones. Vinyl flooring can be installed directly over ceramic and porcelain tile flooring. Once you ve removed lose or broken pieces patch the empty sections with a liquid cement or mortar letting it settle level with the tile floor.

Normal installation if the grout joints are flush with the face of the ceramic tile you can install the vinyl tiles directly over the top of the existing tile installation. What you will first do is lay down an underlayment and then install the laminate flooring on top of it. Lay the first plank appropriately spaced from the wall. One strategy is to fill the grout lines with leveling compound and another is to lay a new subfloor over the tiles.

Before you start see if any tile is broken or damaged.