Can You Tile Over Vinyl Adhesive

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

Can you tile over vinyl adhesive.

The existing adhesives must be mechanically scraped down to a bare residue flat with the substrate. Installing over existing vinyl. Installing ceramic tile over vinyl or linoleum surfaces can be more complicated than expected and probably should be avoided whenever possible. Do not use solvent or liquid cleaners to remove old adhesive.

Vinyl tile comes in two forms. 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. These adhesives do not require the mixing of thinset and can often be applied with the stroke of a.

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. 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. I have vinyl tiles on the floor the edges on these tiles have risen but the raise is extremely minute.

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. The other which is referred to as peel and stick. 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. 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.

I used to use a 4 razor scraper i got at a home center if the area was not too great. You can also tile over vinyl tiles that are glued down if none of the tiles are loose or curling up. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. You can get an 8 razor scraper if you have a very large area.

One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do.