Can You Lay Laminate Flooring Over Vinyl Tiles

Vinyl flooring over ceramic tile.

Can you lay laminate flooring over vinyl tiles.

Fortunately the answer to the question is yes. Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring. Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product. Removing a ceramic tile floor is hard work chipping away old tiles and mortar is extremely time.

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A common question that gets asked on home forums and by private retail is can i lay vinyl over laminate flooring. Laying laminate flooring on top of vinyl flooring. You ve got problems however if the tiles are uneven and have raised edges or if the grout lines are wide and deep. You can often lay a laminate over tile without any extra effort if the tile a smooth level and there isn t much depth in the grout lines.

Hi sharon thank you for reaching out. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. Based on what you described to us you can go ahead and install laminate flooring over the old vinyl that is glued to the subfloor. 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.

The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles. Vinyl plank flooring is flexible in nature and it is recommended that vinyl flooring should only go over slid well adhered substrate that is smooth. If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the. The longer i live on this planet the more i shy from taking risks i think it has something to do with all of the trouble i encountered as a teenage daredevil.

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. Vinyl flooring can be installed directly over ceramic and porcelain tile flooring. There are many concerns of the type of flooring a laminate can be placed over for installation.