Ceramic Over Vinyl Tile

There are times when you look at the vinyl of a bathroom floor and just want to cringe.

Ceramic over vinyl tile.

Vinyl flooring over ceramic tile. How to install ceramic tile over vinyl flooring. Vinyl flooring can be installed directly over ceramic and porcelain tile flooring. When looking at a definition of tile wilson says vinyl.

But because vinyl is unlike ceramic stone or porcelain tile can the synthetic really be considered tile. Ron and armen tavy demonstrate one such surface in this project as they install ceramic tile over vinyl flooring. It s time to replace that old floor with some fancy new bathroom tile. Using the tavy thin skin system home owners are now able to lay ceramic tile over surfaces that would have never before been possible.

You can also tile over vinyl tiles that are glued down if none of the tiles are loose or curling up. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. A unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring. Another reason vinyl flooring works well over ceramic tile is that the tile provides extra insulation.

If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the. 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. I ve been told to. By itself vinyl doesn t provide much insulation because it s so thin and it doesn t require an underlayment.

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. Cracked or missing tiles should be fixed or filled in. 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. A unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring.

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. Wilson also works with tile on his diy network show tiling techniques. The plan is to install 12 12 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.

1 remove both layers of vinyl before. Kathy august 6 2010 at 5 48 pm.