Installing ceramic tile directly over old laminate flooring can save time effort and money for the skilled do it yourselfer with the the.
How to install laminate ahainst ceramic tile.
If a laminate can be placed over a ceramic tile the labor of the installation is decreased dramatically.
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Removing a ceramic tile floor is hard work chipping away old tiles and mortar is extremely time consuming and labor intensive.
Retired art teacher marsha graham loves the southwestern look of the ceramic tile floors in her arizona home and wanted something similar in her oregon residence.
Since you must level either type of subfloor before laying tile if you decide that you want to replace a tile floor with laminate flooring you won t need to do as much work to make sure the floor sits level.
The tile surface will be lower than the laminate surface.
However she wasn t convinced that oregon s wet and cold climate and tile.
Both tile and laminate flooring planks can be installed over wood or concrete subfloors.
Run a 1 4 inch bead of construction adhesive along the entire top edge of the ceramic tile.
How to install ceramic tile against laminate flooring.
Trim the multi purpose reducer strip to fit level against both the laminate surface and the tile surface using a circular saw or hand saw.
Place the transition strip in the gap so that one side of the strip overlaps the laminate a minimum of 1.