Tiling Over Vinyl Glue

But now that you have ripped up the old carpet you ve got a sticky situation.

Tiling over vinyl glue.

You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper. Scrub your vinyl floor with a. You should be able to lay tile or marble over the linoleum. The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty.

Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles. The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. Am i ok to scrape off any high points and tile down onto it using the norcros flexible adhesive after priming with sbr. 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.

The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff. Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is. 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. 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.