Installing Vinyl Tile Over Linoleum

The vinyl tiles must cover the old linoleum completely to help ensure a good installation.

Installing vinyl tile over linoleum.

While there are different types of flooring you can choose vinyl planks luxury vinyl vinyl tiles or even wrap vinyl using a skim coat to even the floor surface is the secret to laying vinyl floor over old vinyl successfully. Contaminants such as dirt dust crumbs grease wax or oil from cooking or from skin contact can all ruin the way the linoleum s adhesive will bond to the tile floor. Before you begin installing a floating vinyl floor over ceramic tile completely clean the old tile. 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 vinyl directly on the tile. 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. After the thin layer has dried which should take about 30 minutes use a notched trowel to add a second layer over the first layer taking care to create even ridges over the surface. Tile and stone installation systems.

Installing tile over sheet vinyl about the author william machin began work in construction at the age of 15 while still in high school. Once this step is complete you can continue installing vinyl flooring as with any other substrate. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring.

When you re ready to install tile over linoleum a thin layer of mortar should be spread over the floor s surface with a flat edged trowel. 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.