Can I Put Ceramic Tile Over Vinyl Glue

I used to use a 4 razor scraper i got at a home center if the area was not too great.

Can i put ceramic tile over vinyl glue. Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles. You can t tile over old carpet glue but it s not hard to remove carpet adhesive before tiling. But because this house is on a wood subfloor we had to do a little work to prepare the surface and that entailed installing half inch cement backer board. Using the tavy thin skin system home owners are now able to lay ceramic tile over surfaces that would have never before been possible.

But now that you have ripped up the old carpet you ve got a sticky situation. Ron and armen tavy demonstrate one such surface in this project as they install ceramic tile over vinyl flooring. The new tiles are peel and stick. You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper.

I have vinyl tiles on the floor the edges on these tiles have risen but the raise is extremely minute. 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. Installing over existing vinyl. Marsha asks can i lay a ceramic tile floor over a vinyl floor yes you can and we did that very thing on this tile floor just a couple of years ago.

You can also tile over vinyl tiles that are glued down if none of the tiles are loose or curling up. The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty. 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. Carefully clean the grime and old wax off the floor using a strong ammonia based cleaner i use ammonia 1 1 but be sure to have the windows open and fans running.

You can get an 8 razor scraper if you have a very large area. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. Method for installing ceramic tile over vinyl flooring with a concrete sub floor if you have a concrete sub floor the task should be fairly simple. A unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring.

Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is. Installing ceramic tile over vinyl or linoleum surfaces can be more complicated than expected and probably should be avoided whenever possible. Replacing carpet with tile can give your home an exciting new look. Constructed in layers luxury vinyl tiles snap together like laminate planks and feature wood stone and geometric patterns.

Can i put new tiles over these tiles or can i glue felt paper on the existing tiles and then put the new tiles on top of the felt paper.