Tile Over Old Vinyl Adhesive

Linoleum or vinyl flooring.

Tile over old vinyl adhesive.

Hi all i m going to put ceramic tiles down over a concrete floor which has previously had clear looking vinyl flooring glued down onto it as can be seen in the attachment. One of the biggest factors of installing a new floor over the old is thickness. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff.

Sheet vinyl can be laid over old linoleum or vinyl flooring if the existing floor is in good condition. No adhesive will stick to dirt and grease and even very small bits of dust or debris can cause a flaw in the. If you aren t removing the old floor you may be creating a new floor that is too thick for doors to open and shut or for thresholds to have clearance. The best candidate is fully adhered glued down sheet vinyl flooring.

You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper. While you don t have to remove your vinyl sheet flooring to install a new tile floor over it the tile council of north america recommends that old sheet flooring be cleaned of wax or bond breakers and new tile should only be laid over one well attached layer of vinyl. Putting down an underlayment is possibly the simplest way to prepare an existing vinyl floor for vinyl. Vinyl tile is an excellent option for sealing in asbestos tiles.

If the old floor has a rough texture or some indentations use a coat of embossing leveler. Xl brands triseal adhesive residue encapsulator triseal is a light colored high strength acrylic polymer compound formulated to isolate cutback and other types of old adhesive residues that would affect the bond of the new floor adhesive over concrete substrates. Prior to the installation of floor covering systems triseal will also seal floors in dusty conditions providing a clean. Not every form of resilient flooring is suitable for receiving tile directly.

Am i ok to scrape off any high points and tile down onto it using the norcros flexible adhesive after priming with sbr. Installing vinyl tile over existing vinyl floor underlayment. The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty. You can also tile over vinyl tiles that are glued down if none of the tiles are loose or curling up.

When not to tile over resilient flooring.