Tiling Over Asphalt Floor

By joe delafield thu oct 11 2007 9 22 am.

Tiling over asphalt floor.

Roll the primer from the edge of the floor to the center working from the still wet epoxy strip along the edge. Asphalt tile is available only in a limited number of colors and patterns and requires a bit more maintenance than do the others. Hello i have a peculiar basement floor that i want to cover with tile. Another disadvantage is that it is considerably more rigid so it tends to be more susceptible to cracking.

Looking at the instructions on the adhesive it states not to be used over vinyl or non porous floors. This will give you a surface that s better than a concrete floor. To the best of my knowledge asphalt tile does not contain asbestos but and a very big but if the adhesive is black it is probably asphalt cutback which may contain up to 28 asbestos. Using a suitable notched floor trowel held at a 45 o angle spread the adhesive onto the floor to form parallel ribs into which the tiles should be pushed with a firm twisting action this will collapse the ribs of adhesive and produce a 3 4mm solid bed of adhesive beneath the tiles.

Asphalt floor i believe as long as it s floor grade asphalt bitumen you can tile straight to it. I propose tiling over an exising asphalt floor in the kitchen with ceramic floor tiles. Tile over uneven asphalt basement floor. The floor is structurally sound but has some bumps and dips up to 1 2.

If it s going to be level and 2 3 thick i don t see the need for slc. Do not sand it. Old damaged asphalt floor must be properly prepared before laying new vinyl peel and stick floor tile. Tiling over asphalt flooring.

Lay cement board across the entire surface. As it s technically tarmac i wouldn t see the need to. Cover the rest of the floor with primer using a paint roller attached to an extension pool for extended reach and quick application. The floor is asphalt like a driveway and like the adjacent garage and dates from the 1940s when the house was built.

Work in small areas and discard any adhesive that begins to dry or skin over. As for wether or not it needs to be primed i m not sure to be totally honest. If it is truly asphalt tile it would be nine inch squares. I have in the past tiled a toilet floor with ceramic.

Brush primer along the edge of the floor creating a perimeter of about 4 inches. Asphalt tiles are the true pioneers of the resilient tile field and are the most economical of the different flooring types.