Tiling Kitchen Floor Over Vinyl

New linoleum and vinyl tiles are available that can be floated over an existing floor.

Tiling kitchen floor over vinyl.

Peel and stick vinyl flooring or self adhesive floor tiles are another easy diy flooring type. 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. 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. Cracked or missing tiles should be fixed or filled in.

Hi margaret depending on the specific type of flooring you may be able to lay a laminate floor directly over vinyl flooring. Follow the instructions of your chose skim coat product and mix it with water and use a masonry trowel to spread it all over the entire floor. Vinyl flooring can be installed directly over ceramic and porcelain tile flooring. Vinyl flooring is also inexpensive and easy to install when compared to other coverings.

A thin layer of joint compound suitable for indoor use spread over the old vinyl floor will patch up any gaps or dents and the holes left by removing the broken bits of the old vinyl floor. If the vinyl is on a concrete slab and there is moisture under the floor you should put down a layer of 6 mil plastic first. They do not adhere to the floor below them. The good news is if done rightly it saves your time effort and money on removing your old vinyl flooring.

Installing tiles over vinyl flooring can be challenging if done wrongly. If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the vinyl directly on the tile. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. The pad will also scratch the vinyl so there s no going back.

Reach for a more elegant look with luxury vinyl plank flooring or luxury vinyl tile also known as lvt flooring. In this article we walk you through the steps of tiling over your vinyl flooring. These tiles lock together on the edges much like a laminate floor.