How To Lay Vinyl Floor Tiles Over Ceramic Tiles

The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles.

How to lay vinyl floor tiles over ceramic tiles.

Use a self leveling compound to fill in the grout joints. Vinyl flooring can be installed directly over ceramic and porcelain tile flooring. Over time the vinyl will sink or be pressed down into the contour of these depressions telescoping the grout joints from the ceramic tile installation all the way up through the vinyl tiles. So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring.

Cracked or missing tiles should be fixed or filled in. Give the compound time to dry before moving on to the installation process. This isn t possible with every flooring material but it s often possible to install ceramic porcelain or stone tile over resilient flooring including standard sheet vinyl vinyl tile or linoleum. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the 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. 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. If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the. Lvt flooring why i chose it.

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. Not only do i think it appears cold sterile and a bit. So a few months ago i wrote a post on how i cleaned the nasty ceramic tile i inherited when i bought my 1980 s fixer upper and while my cleaning method was highly effective at whitening grout lines and removing years of filth from the crevices in the tile i have always had major beef with 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. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring.