Tiling Over Vinyl Glue

The black adhesive is called cutback and i installed ceramic tile over it without difficulty.

Tiling over vinyl glue.

The original flooring was vinyl over concrete. Scrub your vinyl floor with a. The stuff has come up nicely but leaving a thin layer of soft and sticky glue that looks a lot like evostik on top of the concrete. But now that you have ripped up the old carpet you ve got a sticky situation.

Replacing carpet with tile can give your home an exciting new look. You should be able to lay tile or marble over the linoleum. The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff. 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.

Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles. 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. Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is. 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.