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Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 0:16
| I want to lay ceramic tile over an existing vinyl floor which is in pretty good condition. I don't know how old the vinyl is but it may be from the 1970's. I was told that it would be better to remove the vinyl because the ceramic tile wouldn't stick well to it and also if the floors move (I live on a very high floor of an apartment building) the tiles might crack.
Is this true? Is it better to remove the old vinyl tile? |
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- Posted by nerdyshopper (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 11:47
| When we put porcelain tile in our washroom we had carpet in there. When I hired the tile layers they said the cost of laying tile did not include removing glue down carpet. They merely put fortified thinset and screwed down underlayment (Hardy cement board I think) on that. They put regular thinset on that and set the tiles. I elected to use epoxy grout because my wife was worried about cleaning grout on that floor. That was about 4 years ago and we have had no problems with the install. I'm not sure if fortified thinset would stick to vinyl but a good tile setter should know. |
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- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 12:38
| The only way to do the project right is to remove the vinyl. Tile over vinyl, or especially carpet, is just an insane half assery. |
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