Installing Porcelain Tile Over Vinyl Floor

Apply thin set adhesive to the vinyl flooring with a notched trowel.

Installing porcelain tile over vinyl floor.

Consider this sample procedure for leveling a ceramic tile floor prior to installing glue down or floating vinyl. Your greatest concerns when installing a vinyl floor over the existing tile are the tile s joints and the floor s height. Mix a cementitious floor leveling compound such as henry 555 level pro or levelquik self leveling underlayment with water in a bucket until the mixture is pourable. When bonding vinyl tiles in place or when bonding new tile to old vinyl tile there are some considerations you must make before determining whether you can use thinset in the application.

However if you can t remove the old surface or otherwise decide to install over it lay a backer board with thin set over the old surface to serve as your new subfloor material. Screw or nail 1 2 cement backer board on top of the vinyl while the adhesive is still wet. Not every form of resilient flooring is suitable for receiving tile directly. Chip out any loose grout and then vacuum the floor.

Before you start see if any tile is broken or damaged. This isn t possible with every flooring material but it s often possible to install ceramic porcelain or stone tile over resilient flooring including standard sheet vinyl vinyl tile or linoleum. The best candidate is fully adhered glued down sheet vinyl flooring. Laying tile over vinyl flooring on a plywood subfloor.

Ron and armen tavy demonstrate one such surface in this project as they install ceramic tile over vinyl flooring. Apply thin set adhesive to any joints in the backer board.