Installation precautions to take.
How to install laminate ahainst ceramic tile.
Installing ceramic tile directly over old laminate flooring can save time effort and money for the skilled do it yourselfer with the the.
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.
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.
The question is valid.
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.
Run a 1 4 inch bead of construction adhesive along the entire top edge of the ceramic tile.
Many laminate manufacturers specifically indicate that.
Place the transition strip in the gap so that one side of the strip overlaps the laminate a minimum of 1.
If a laminate can be placed over a ceramic tile the labor of the installation is decreased dramatically.
Flooring installation laminate and engineered tile february 2 2009 sonia.