Tiling Over Sheet Vinyl

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.

Tiling over sheet vinyl.

1 remove both layers of vinyl before tile install. The pad will also scratch the vinyl so there s no going back. Most manufacturers of tile cement thinset have developed a specialty thinset for setting tile that bonds well to sheet vinyl. I ve been told to.

Gluing over vinyl tile when installing new stone ceramic or porcelain tiles over a vinyl tile subfloor thinset is definitely the way to go. While you don t have to remove your vinyl sheet flooring to install a new tile floor over it the tile council of north america recommends that old sheet flooring be cleaned of wax or bond breakers and new tile should only be laid over one well attached layer of vinyl. Your greatest concerns when installing a vinyl floor over the existing tile are the tile s joints and the floor s height. When it comes to performance our vinyl sheet floors are second to none featuring exclusive technologies like scratchresist for resistance to everyday household scratches with both wood and tile looks that offer a realistic representation our waterproof vinyl sheet flooring is ideal for high moisture rooms such as bathrooms laundry.

Sheet vinyl and vinyl tile are so thin and flexible that any defect in the subfloor is noticeable. Snap together vinyl planks come with a rigid or semirigid backing so defects in the subfloor aren t as apparent but large deep grout lines can cause the joints to separate. The other which is referred to as peel and stick comes with self adhesive backing. One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do.

The trouble is that thinset generally requires a. Once you ve removed lose or broken pieces patch the empty sections with a liquid cement or mortar letting it settle level with the tile floor. Vinyl tile comes in two forms. Before you start see if any tile is broken or damaged.

2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile. However as with all tile installations the entire subfloor below the tile is important not only the layer to which the tile is bonded. To tile over sheet vinyl the following is generally recommended by most mortar manufacturers. The sheet vinyl must be clean and free of wax or other bond breakers.

This means the flooring can possibly shift beneath the tile likely causing damage to grout joints. The sheet vinyl must be single layer only and well attached.