Porcelain Tile Over Vinyl Flooring

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Porcelain tile over vinyl flooring.

Linda asks can i lay ceramic tile over vinyl tile in my kitchen if the existing vinyl floor was installed over concrete and is glued down firmly you should be able to tile right over it without any problem. Read on to find out more. Depending on the type of tile you are choosing ceramics can cost as much as hardwood or high quality carpet. 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.

Another reason vinyl flooring works well over ceramic tile is that the tile provides extra insulation. Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product. Always be sure the existing surface has been cleaned and leveled. The best candidate is fully adhered glued down sheet vinyl flooring.

Vinyl plank is much more budget friendly than ceramic tile. Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring. By itself vinyl doesn t provide much insulation because it s so thin and it doesn t require an underlayment. A unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring using the tavy thin skin system home owners are now able to lay ceramic tile over surfaces that would have never before been possible.

Materials aside it costs 40 less to install vinyl plank than it does to install ceramic tile. Ron and armen tavy demonstrate one such surface in this project as they install ceramic tile over vinyl flooring. 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. Not every form of resilient flooring is suitable for receiving tile directly.

If the grout joints are flush with the face of the ceramic tile you can install the vinyl tiles directly over the top of the existing tile installation. 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. The extra insulation provided by the tile is a bonus.