Ceramic Tile Over Vinyl Tile

Learn a unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring.

Ceramic tile over vinyl tile.

With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile. Maybe it s beginning to stick up or it was put in during the nixon administration and looks like a psychedelic acid flashback. Read on to find out more.

To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. It s time to replace that old floor with some fancy new bathroom tile. Chipboard cushioned vinyl flooring particle boards of any type oriented strand board osb interior grade plywood tongue and groove planking and hardwood floors are unsuitable substrates for direct installation of 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.

Using the tavy thin skin system home owners are now able to lay ceramic tile over surfaces that would have never before been possible. The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles. Ron and armen tavy demonstrate one such surface in this project as they install ceramic tile over vinyl flooring. There are times when you look at the vinyl of a bathroom floor and just want to cringe.

Installing over wood. 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. 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.