Can You Tile Over Vinyl Adhesive

The original flooring was vinyl over concrete.

Can you tile over vinyl adhesive.

You can also tile over vinyl tiles that are glued down if none of the tiles are loose or curling up. The existing adhesives must be mechanically scraped down to a bare residue flat with the substrate. The other which is referred to as peel and stick. If you are new to tiling the best thing for you to do is to remove the old plasterboard and replace it to give you a flatter surface to start on which will make it eaiser if you try and tile over old adhesive it can be a bit more tricky but it can be done tiling over painted walls can be done also all u need to do is to score the surface to give the adhesive something to stick to but make sure.

Bottom line is you now have some options for going over old adhesive residue but you will to take the proper steps to prepare the adhesive residue to get the results your customer. I have vinyl tiles on the floor the edges on these tiles have risen but the raise is extremely minute. Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles. Do not use solvent or liquid cleaners to remove old adhesive.

Installing vinyl tile over existing vinyl floor. I used to use a 4 razor scraper i got at a home center if the area was not too great. 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. Installing ceramic tile over vinyl or linoleum surfaces can be more complicated than expected and probably should be avoided whenever possible.

You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper. The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty. The stuff has come up nicely but leaving a thin layer of soft and sticky glue that looks a lot like evostik on top of the concrete. 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.

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. The new tiles are peel and stick. One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do. Vinyl tile comes in two forms.

Often your vinyl tile manufacturer will provide or recommend a type of adhesive for you to use.