How To Install Sheet Vinyl Flooring Over Ceramic Tile

Vinyl flooring is cheap cost effective and perfect for areas such as kitchen or bathroom that have to deal with high levels of humidity.

How to install sheet vinyl flooring over ceramic tile.

Piece of vinyl flooring and taping the edges. Vinyl flooring offers a durable beautiful alternative to other flooring types and it s easy to install over a variety of subfloors. 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. 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.

You can use self adhering vinyl tiles for. Step 1 prepare the room. If you plan to install it over concrete check for excess moisture by gluing down a 3 x 3 ft. To install vinyl flooring over ceramic tiling check out the guide that follows.

After 72 hours try to pull up the vinyl. Loose lay perimeter bond sheet vinyl can shift beneath the tile installation making it unsuitable as a base for ceramic tile. If it comes up easily there s too much moisture in the concrete to install a sheet vinyl floor. Use your pry bar to remove the baseboards from around the edge of the room.

With vinyl tile the possibility of shifting is also present. 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. 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. One strategy is to fill the grout lines with leveling compound and another is to lay a new subfloor over the tiles.

For floors in really bad shape you can lay a plywood particleboard or vinyl underlayment on top of the flooring and then apply your vinyl tiles to that surface although you will need to account for this slight bit of added height to your flooring when laying your new vinyl tiles.