Install Vinyl Tiles Over Vinyl Flooring

By using floor patch and a trowel you can fill the gaps in between the tile and level everything out.

Install vinyl tiles over vinyl flooring.

The surface must be smooth and free from debris grease or wax. Hold a flat edged trowel at a 45 degree angle to the floor and smooth the embossing leveler over the existing floor. Vinyl flooring over ceramic tile. Repair any holes or cracks.

With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. Follow the instructions of your chose skim coat product and mix it with water and use a masonry trowel to spread it all over the entire floor. To install vinyl tile over your vinyl flooring you ll only need a few tools some time and a bit of planning. Here are the step by step instructions for installing them yourself.

You will need to level out the tile floor in order to apply the vinyl to it. If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the vinyl directly on the tile. A thin layer of joint compound suitable for indoor use spread over the old vinyl floor will patch up any gaps or dents and the holes left by removing the broken bits of the old vinyl floor. Coat the entire floor with this leveling compound to give yourself a clean slate to work with.

Work quickly because the leveler will start to dry after about 10 minutes. 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. Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring. The plan is to install 12 12 ceramic tile.

Your new vinyl tile installation is only as good as the underlying floor so clean the floor thoroughly. Vinyl tile can be installed directly over your existing vinyl flooring as long as the floor is in good condition. Concrete or ceramic vinyl tile can be installed over concrete if the concrete is clean smooth and dry. Uneven floors bumps or dips can cause blemishes that will show over time.

I ve been told to. 1 remove both layers of vinyl before tile install. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. 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.

Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile. 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. 2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile.