Tiling over vinyl

rob316

I want to tile a kitchen which currently has lino on the floor. I took up the lino and underneath is a green sort of underlay that is glued to the concrete subfloor, this stuff will never come off.

I wondering can I tile directly over this and do I need something to bond the adhesive to this?

Thanks

650gs

Take it up

Sleepy

A heat gun, scraper and elbow grease will get it up.
Paint stripper may also help.

No tiler worth the title will even consider tiling directly onto underlay.

BrokenArrows

Your choices are to remove the lino and backing or put down a new cement board underlayment ontop of the lino.

Id put the effort in and just remove the lino. Having Lino + underlayment + new tiles is going to make the floor very high in comparison to other rooms.

dodzy

650gs wrote: »

Take it up

Best advice & only way.

rob316

grand lads thanks. I'll spend Sunday ripping it up. obviously there will be some left over glue from the underlay on the concrete floor. Can I tile over that or do I need to give it a coat of pva?

rob316

here's a picture of the stuff I'm on about. it's solid to the floor like. there's no way I can tile over it?

Hal1

You would need to level the floor to tile over that.
Best thing is to start it with a hammer and chisel. Then use a spade to lift the rest of them.
Tis the way I done me own .

Bawnmore

We put laminate down in the hall recently and this was under the carpet. Took about a day while with a hammer and a chisel/scraper. Not a nice job, but probably worth doing.

uch

Hal1 wrote: »

You would need to level the floor to tile over that.
Best thing is to start it with a hammer and chisel. Then use a spade to lift the rest of them.
Tis the way I done me own .

Used the Spade trick myself, worked a treat and finished surprisingly quick

GreeBo

Shingle removal tool should do the business, but not sure where you can pick one up this neck of the woods...