Tiling Over Removed Vinyl Flooring

Next move about 12 inches to the right or left and cut a strip parallel to the first.

Tiling over removed vinyl flooring.

Typically vinyl flooring is perimeter installed meaning there s no glue or adhesive in the middle of the floor. One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do. I ve been told to. 1 remove both layers of vinyl before tile install.

3 spread a thin layer of concrete over the vinyl and install tile. Vinyl vat vct tiles can be removed with a rigid floor 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. Home centers carry several versions of these floor scrapers and the heavier the better.

Use the utility knife to cut straight down the middle of your vinyl floor. Vinyl tile comes in two forms. A thin layer of joint compound suitable for indoor use spread over the old vinyl floor will patch up any gaps or dents and the holes left by removing the broken bits of the old vinyl floor. These spud bars as they are sometimes called can also be used in some cases to remove the sheet version of the vinyl flooring but there are easier ways.

Follow the instructions of your chose skim coat product and mix it with water and use a masonry trowel to spread it all over the entire floor. 2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile.