Backer Board Over Sheet Vinyl

The same is also true for sheet vinyl.

Backer board over sheet vinyl.

If thickness is an issue however 1 4 inch thick backer board can be safely installed. First i was told to remove the existing linoleum. To smooth the floor i covered screw heads and seams in the cement fiber board with thinset. I have not seen anyone try to put vinyl over it.

I was going to put down 1 4 hardiebacker board first. I would avoid doing this if i were you. The second problem with tiling over vinyl is the underlayments used for vinyl installation. Here is my concern.

Another option to backer board on wood floors is one of the new polyethylene membranes such as schluter ditra. The tile used on this. Here s how to go about tiling a floor over vinyl flooring. 1 4 luan plywood is common for use underneath vinyl flooring.

I have since decided to install vinyl sheet flooring. Installing ceramic tile over vinyl or linoleum surfaces can be more complicated than expected and probably should be avoided whenever possible. According to backer board manufacturers and tile setters installing backer board directly over an old solid wood subfloor is risky for a couple of reasons. In my opinion vinyl tiles are out as well due to the fact that the thinset bond is only as good as the bond of the surface under it and i ve seen vinyl tiles especially peel and stick let go way too easily.

This is a 17 year old home. Installing over existing vinyl. 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. Second the strength of wood boards isn t always consistent.

In very good condition there is one small squeek in the floor between the shower and the toilet that i want to eliminate with the extra cement board. Even if you fasten a cbu or fiber cement underlayment well if you re fastening over vinyl that s been laid over a thin layer of particle board or luan plywood very common you still have a potential problem there. The biggest danger in doing a tile installation over vct or sheet vinyl flooring is not knowing what s under that flooring. First changes in humidity make solid wood shrink swell and cup more than plywood.

Then put down mortar with a 1 4 tool onto the ply floor boards. Cement backer board is for use under tile. When tiling over existing vinyl flooring on a plywood subfloor it s not necessary remove the vinyl flooring as long as you apply a layer of cement backer board first to provide a stable surface for the tile. If the vinyl was applied over a wood subfloor you should install 1 2 thick cement backer board on top of it first using corrosion resistant screws driven into the floor joists.