Tiling Over Vinyl Glue

Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles.

Tiling over vinyl glue.

You should be able to lay tile or marble over the linoleum. No adhesive will stick to dirt and grease and even very small bits of dust or debris can cause a flaw in the way your vinyl tile adheres to the existing vinyl floor. Scrub your vinyl floor with a. The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty.

You can t tile over old carpet glue but it s not hard to remove carpet adhesive before tiling. But now that you have ripped up the old carpet you ve got a sticky situation. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper.

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. Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is. As with laying tile over vinyl as long as the subfloor and joists provide a firm foundation the linoleum is well glued down in good shape and clean. The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff.