Installing Alterna Tile Over Vinyl

The mudroom between brad s kitchen and back porch has some old worn self adhesive vinyl tiles on the floor.

Installing alterna tile over vinyl.

Armstrong vinyl tile installation and maintenance guidelines. Alterna groutable vinyl tile installation and floor care instructions warning. One benefit of alterna engineered tile over natural stone ceramic and porcelain tile is that alterna installation can be done in a day while the others can take up to five. Get a tool list and tips for installing alterna luxury vinyl the alternative to ceramic tile flooring from tony armstrong installation training service specialist watch next s 693 flexstrong grout 4 09.

When installing over an existing resilient floor plan the layout so the new tile joints are a minimum of 6 15 2 cm away from the original seams. A plywood underlayment is required if the existing floor contains multiple layers is located below grade or consists of cushioned resilient flooring. Let s check in and see how he s getting along on that project. Do not install over expansion joints.

So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring. Before installing the alterna tile installation system plan the layout so the tile joints fall at least 6 15 2 cm away from subfloor underlayment joints. Do not sand dry sweep. If installing over resilient sheet or tile flooring do not install new joints over existing joints layout of room plan the layout of the floor before installation.

Alterna is faster easier and cleaner to install than natural stone or ceramic tile and best of all less time and labor means your installation will cost less too. This means that even if you hire a pro you ll probably still enjoy savings on time and labor. Now brad started a project this morning that is a type of project that we get a lot of emails on and that s how to install a tile floor over an existing wood floor. How to install peel and stick vinyl flooring over existing flooring.

Armstrong alterna tiles can install over a single layer of firmly attached existing vinyl floor. Alterna plank the alterna plank collection offers a wide array of wood visuals in a new 8 x 48 and 6 x 36 groutable sizes.