Cut the planks by using the straightedge and the utility knife to fit the room.
Installing vinyl plank flooring over tile.
Vinyl plank wood floor placed directly over a tile floor without a subfloor no ripping out tiles or tearing up an existing floor.
How to lay vinyl plank over existing flooring.
Get a friend to help you measure and cut the planks to ensure they re even and so you have help laying out the planks.
Also the grout lines between tiles must.
Installing vinyl over tile flooring is an easy project even a diy novice can attempt following these steps.
Next if the tile s joints are deep you ll want regrout them to bring them flush with the tile so that the lines won t telegraph show through the vinyl floor.
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The ceramic tile must be in good shape without cracks or large gashes.
The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles.
If the grout lines in the ceramic tile are deep you ll see and feel them under sheet flooring and if you choose to install preglued vinyl tiles they won t stick.
Fortunately ceramic tile is often a suitable surface on which install vinyl planks.
Plank vinyl flooring over ceramic tile.