Can You Install Laminate Over Tile

Hi dorothy the short answer is yes you can install laminate flooring over a ceramic tile floor if the tile floor is in good condition and the tile are well attached level and flat.

Can you install laminate over tile.

Starting laminate tile installation over ceramic tile. This ceramic tile has been installed in this kitchen with a mastic. Sometimes it may come up fairly easy if the thin set used to install the ceramic tile isn t a good. Heres the kitchen with the ceramic tile that i am going to install laminate tile over.

Since tile is a durable substrate there is little risk of deterioration when another flooring. The mastic makes it very hard to remove the ceramic tile from the wood subfloor. The process would be the same as installing a laminate floor on a concrete slab. The wood laminate you see here is pergo elegant.

Both install similarly but not all glue down types are suitable to install over tiles so read the manufacturer s. Installation precautions to take. Most of the time ceramic tile is a lot of work to remove not to mention it can be dangerous. If a laminate can be placed over a ceramic tile the labor of the installation is decreased dramatically.

Ceramic tile is like glass when it breaks. The edges are really sharp. You ve got problems however if the tiles are uneven and have raised edges or if the grout lines are wide and deep. Laminate wood flooring comes in glue down and floating snap lock varieties.