As long as the existing flooring is adhered well you can and should lay the
tile right over it. The existing sheet vinyl will actually act as a buffer
between any cracks in the concrete floor and the new ceramic tile making it
less likley for the new tile to crack.

I work for a builder that installs new vinyl flooring before he lays down
his ceramic tile. Since he started doing this a few years ago he has cut his
"callbacks" on ceramic tile repairs by 99%!


You will need to use a thinset with additives so it will stick to the vinyl.
Also clean the vinyl flooring with tsp or detergent before laying your tile.

Good luck,

AZCRAIG

www.azcraig.us



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The wife wants to tile the kitchen with 1 ft square ceramic tiles.
So she goes out and buys the stuff at Lowe's. The salesperson
tells her that it's OK to ceramic tile over linoleum (or it may
be vinyl....whatever, it's a 1 piece sheet). I say it's not OK, that
the old flooring should be removed. The house has a concrete
slab and it seems to me that direct adhesion to the slab would
be best. The wife is giving me grief.... says I'm nit-pickin and
creating more work for myself.

I've done a Google Groups search on "ceramic installed over
linoleum" and the opinions seem to be split.

Opinions?



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