Can You Put Tile Over Vinyl Tile

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.

Can you put tile over vinyl tile.

You can also tile over vinyl tiles that are glued down if none of the tiles are loose or curling up. 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. 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. 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.

If it s a new construction then you can probably just lay the tile on top. There are people that say that you can place tiling on top of existing vinyl if it s securely adhered and if the floor underneath is solid but i don t agree. 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. If there is vinyl laminate then you need a backer board.

The new tiles are peel and stick. Fortunately it is not difficult to install vinyl tile over your vinyl floor as. 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. I have vinyl tiles on the floor the edges on these tiles have risen but the raise is extremely minute.

Installing over existing vinyl.