Vinyl Tile Over Ceramic Tile

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.

Vinyl tile over ceramic tile.

Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring. Use a self leveling compound to fill in the grout joints. While standard sheet vinyl that is well bonded usually makes an acceptable base for ceramic tile that s not true of all forms of resilient flooring. Smooth out the 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. One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness. 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. The longer i live on this planet the more i shy from taking risks i think it has something to do with all of the trouble i encountered as a teenage daredevil.

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. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile. Then smooth out the ceramic tile before laying the vinyl. Vinyl tile is an excellent option for sealing in asbestos tiles.

The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles. Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product.