Can you put linoleum over tile?

Question

My tile is HIDEOUS and I am in a rental so I thought lineoleum would be a cheap and easy way to cover it up!

Answer 1

First of all, you really need to check with your landlord/lady before putting anything down on the floor. I've never lived in a rental where I could paint the walls much less mess with the flooring!

That having been said, no, you cannot just put vinyl over tile since vinyl conforms to whatever is underneath it, it will take on the contour of the tile and warp and gap. You'd really need to take up the tile, and depending on what type of subfloor you have, you would either have to sand the concrete and put an underlayment over that or lay hardibacker on a wood subfloor, all of which will be more costly and time consuming than I'm sure you would be willing to invest in a rental, not to mention the fact that I'm sure your landlord/lady will pitch a fit if you do it without his/her consent.

I say just live with it. Put down some throw rugs if it bothers you that much.

Answer 2

You really can't put a vinyl floor on top of a tile floor properly without doing some prep work which will ruin the tile. There are some products however that you can use that won't harm the tile like laminate, which doesn't require adhesives or floor prep. Or if you're dead set on vinyl, Tarkett has a new product out called FiberFloor which doesn't require adhesive but you may still see the grout lines from the tile come through from underneath.

However, if you have permission from your landlord to renovate the floor (I made such an arrangement with my landlord in exchange for rent), then you can get a floor leveler like Ardex and put it over the tile to give yourself a new smooth surface and from there, you can do anything you want. Although I would highly recommend removing the tile.

Answer 3

why do renters think they own the house and can do anything they want?
IT IS NOT YOUR FLOOR!
read your rental agreement
I am sure it says you cannot start building things or changing the structure without permission.
ask your landlord first or forget about getting your security deposit back or maybe get a big bill to repair what you ruined.

I think you mean vinyl flooring
real linoleum is old and very expensive.
to put vinyl down the floor must be perfectly flat otherwise the pattern will show through and it will probably rip.
you would have to mud it to make it flat first.

Go check what it would cost to have it mudded and have vinyl installed. I think you might decide it is not so ugly after all

Answer 4

NO!, u can not lay linoleum over tile..it requires a flat smooth surface to bond to.......if ceramic tile just clean them, many products at lowes that will do it,.......if stick on tile just apply new stick on tile but off set the joints from the old ones!


lic. gen contractor

Answer 5

only if you put this board called hardyback down first but y would you want to put linoleum over the tile?

Answer 6

you are able to no longer in basic terms lay tile or it is going to crack! The previous stuff can stay till you lease a sander to get rid of it. you're able to desire to purchase the sub flooring and lay that earlier to laying tile. This prevents your tiles from cracking. Any huge field keep sells it. in case you dont your tiles would be undesirable finding in a count of months.

Answer 7

Yes, but you have to fill the grout line flush with the surface, and remove all dirt and greese before applying glue. Otherwise, you'll have a lumpy floor....

Answer 8

Sure you can just put down linoleum.

Answer 9

No, it will peel.