Tiling Over Vinyl Adhesive On Concrete Floor

To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile.

Tiling over vinyl adhesive on concrete floor. Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles. Installing over wood. Most adhesives for vinyl tile installation will be latex based. If you want to install the tiles properly you should prepare the floor making sure that the surface is clean without any remains of sealers adhesive or anything else.

Tape a large piece of plastic over the concrete floor securing all edges with duct tape. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. Chipboard cushioned vinyl flooring particle boards of any type oriented strand board osb interior grade plywood tongue and groove planking and hardwood floors are unsuitable substrates for direct installation of ceramic tile. So i pulled up the old tile in my bedroom and it was installed over vinyl flooring.

Most luxury vinyl planks are not suitable for tiling over because this flooring typically is laid as a floating floor with no adhesive. We are talking old school 1960 s thick vinyl floor 12 x 12 s and the ceramic floor stuck just fine but now there is black glue on the concrete and it is real thin but and is sticking very well to the con. This base material gives the adhesive a flowing consistency which makes it easy to work with but still strong as a bonding agent. Laying tile over vinyl flooring on a plywood subfloor.

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. Apply thin set adhesive to the vinyl flooring with a notched trowel. Screw or nail 1 2 cement backer board on top of the vinyl while the adhesive is still wet. Installing self adhesive vinyl tiles over concrete is not always easy especially if you remove carpets from the concrete base.

This means the flooring can possibly shift beneath the tile likely causing damage to grout joints. 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.