Tiling Over Old Vinyl Tiles

Remove any fixtures step 2.

Tiling over old vinyl tiles.

Once you ve removed lose or broken pieces patch the empty sections with a liquid cement or mortar letting it settle. Installing vinyl tile over existing vinyl floor underlayment. The tiling will raise the floor a little so you ll need to cut a little from the bottom of the door if it swings inside the bathroom. One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness.

I ve been told to. No adhesive will stick to dirt and grease and even very small bits of dust or debris can cause a flaw in the. 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. Before you start see if any tile is broken or damaged.

Bathrooms are very commonly tiled over. 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. 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. Use an abrasive pad or scrub brush soaked in water and vinyl floor stripping to get off all the dirt and wax on the floor.

Most hard tiles such as stone ceramic and porcelain will need a new underlayment put down over the old linoleum. Installing vinyl tile over existing vinyl floor step 1. Putting down an underlayment is possibly the simplest way to prepare an existing vinyl floor for vinyl. 1 remove both layers of vinyl before tile install.

3 spread a thin layer of concrete over the vinyl and install tile. Cut tiles that need to be fitted step 6. When not to tile over resilient flooring even if the resilient flooring is suitable the subfloor and joists making up the floor structure must also be in good condition and have minimal flexing and deflection. Adhere your tiles step 7.

This is generally done when you want to spruce up or add a modern look to a tiled room. If you aren t removing the old floor you may be creating a new floor that is too thick for doors to open and shut or for thresholds to have clearance. Lay the tile step 5. Vinyl tile is an excellent option for sealing in asbestos tiles.

Vinyl floor tiles can self adhere to asbestos. You can also tile over vinyl tiles that are glued down if none of the tiles are loose or curling up. If you tile over old tile you will be increasing the height of the current floor. Arrange your layout step 4.

2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile.