Installing Laminate Flooring Over Vinyl Tile

How to install vinyl plank flooring as a beginner.

Installing laminate flooring over vinyl tile.

Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. The subfloor underneath the vinyl should be in good condition and level as well before tying to install laminate flooring on top of it. 1 year later this is how i. You look at your old laminate floors and ask yourself can vinyl flooring be laid over laminate flooring why luxury vinyl over laminate is a bad idea.

1 remove the molding called quarter round along the edge of the baseboard with a pry bar. Installing a floating laminate floor may be an ideal way to cover your old vinyl flooring. 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. This means putting them over an uneven surface will cause the imperfections to telegraph through to your vinyl.

Paper backed vinyl offers a good base to install over however flexible cushiony vinyl usually glued around the perimeter should be removed because these allow too much seam movement. See my flooring install playlist. Vinyl flooring over ceramic tile. Cracked or missing tiles should be fixed or filled in.

Hi dorothy the short answer is yes you can install laminate flooring over a ceramic tile floor if the tile floor is in good condition and the tile are well attached level and flat. Vinyl flooring can be installed directly over ceramic and porcelain tile flooring. The process would be the same as installing a laminate floor on a concrete slab. Vinyl plank s are usually a thin type of flooring that are bendy in nature.

Vinyl plank wood floor placed directly over a tile floor without a subfloor no ripping out tiles or tearing up an existing floor. So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring.