How To Put Vinyl Tile Over Ceramic Tile

I am currently in the process of having vinyl plank installed throughout a rental property to replace the pink ceramic tile that s currently there.

How to put vinyl tile over ceramic tile.

One flooring guy told me that he could install the vinyl directly over the ceramic tile. Then smooth out the ceramic tile before laying the vinyl. Plank vinyl flooring over ceramic tile. It can provide a smooth even surface under the vinyl which will allow it to be smooth and tightly sealed.

If you want to put vinyl peel and stick tile over ceramic tile and get good results you have to do something about those grout lines. Step 1 determine the amount of flooring needed the first thing that you need to do is figure out exactly how much vinyl you need. Laying tile over vinyl flooring on a plywood subfloor. I recommend henry patch n level which you can buy pre mixed.

Fortunately ceramic tile is often a suitable surface on which install vinyl planks. Start in the inside of the room and scoop out a bunch of the leveling compound and smooth it over the grout lines with a trowel or putty knife and. With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. Apply thin set adhesive to the vinyl flooring with a notched trowel.

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. Smooth out the tile. The other said that all of the tile would have to be removed before the vinyl could be installed. Use a self leveling compound to fill in the grout joints.

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. Here s how to lay a ceramic tile floor over a vinyl floor depending on the type of subfloor plywood or concrete that s below it. The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles. Here are the basics of how to install vinyl plank flooring over tiles.

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. And no resilient flooring with a cushioned construction will work beneath ceramic tile. Ceramic tile has grout joints that are uneven so if you were to install the vinyl over top you would see the grout joints underneath the vinyl.