Ditra Over Vinyl Tiles

Can i lay ceramic tile over vinyl tile in my kitchen.

Ditra over vinyl tiles. Yes schluter ditra or ditra xl can be installed over vinyl. The vinyl is glued to a wood subfloor in a master bath and it is very difficult to. Cushioned vinyl is unacceptable. Minimizes total thickness of the installed floor and this reduces the transition to flooring that is lower such as vinyl carpet or engineered wood.

Can i put a layer of electric warming wires set in a mat on top of an existing vinyl floor then under a layer of ditra mat and then set my ceramic tiles on top. This is too much of screws. I am planning to put porcelai tiles on top of ditra. Multiple layers of vinyl is unacceptable.

While there are thinsets that say they will bond to linoleum and some of them will apparently the jackass who installed that particular floor was not aware of that. Installing ditra over an approved substrate is much much easier. In fact nearly every bare substrate you find in a modern house would be considered an approved substrate shiny linoleum is not one of them photo 3. Cushioned vinyl is unacceptable.

Multiple layers of vinyl is unacceptable. See detail d v t in the schluter ditra installation handbook for complete list of limitations requirements and. Is used that works with vinyl. Yes schluter ditra or ditra xl can be installed over vinyl.

Allows you to install ceramic tile over a single layer of plywood or osb subfloors on joists with wider spacing such as 24 inches on center. Some limitations include the following. Visit ron hazelton s website for more home improvement projects. I picked up my ditra roll yesterday and after reading the handbook that came with the roll extensively i found out that schluter looks to be okay with laying ditra on top of the existing vinyl floor as long as an appropriate latex p c.

The installation manual says that i need to put a screw nail through vinyl ply every 4 inches that is about 9 nails per square foot. Has anyone ever laid the ditra membrane over the existing vinyl floor. Can be installed on top of concrete plywood osb gypsum existing vinyl floors structural planks sub floors and radiant heated floors. Ditra xl allows for ceramic tile application over single layer plywood osb subfloors on joists spaced at 24 610 mm o c.

Perimeter bonded vinyl tile is unacceptable. I really don t want to pull up the vinyl. Is it really needed. Learn a unique and time saving way to apply ceramic tile directly on top of vinyl flooring.

Perimeter bonded vinyl tile is unacceptable. The ditra will be on the vinyl over plywood. Some limitations include the following.