Self stick vinyl floor tiles are a great flooring option because they are durable affordable easy to install and available in a variety of styles and colors.
How to lay vinyl flooring over ceramic tile.
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.
Give the compound time to dry before moving on to the installation process.
So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring.
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.
Use a self leveling compound to fill in the grout joints.
Here are the step by step instructions for installing them yourself.
Then smooth out the ceramic tile before laying the vinyl.
If the grout lines in the ceramic tile are deep you ll see and feel them under sheet flooring and if you choose to install preglued vinyl tiles they won t stick.
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.