Install Laminate Over Thinset

Tile thinset removal for floating laminate install just finished pulling up about 140 sq ft.

Install laminate over thinset.

My contractor wants to install laminate on top of floor. You can put tile over old thinset. I m installing laminate floor in a great room. We removed the ceramic tile that was on the floor but i ve tried everything to remove the thinset or cement that is on the plywood floor with no luck.

Before this i never did it before. I was installing mostly carpet an vinyl flooring. To smooth the floor i covered screw heads and seams in the cement fiber board with thinset. How to install tile over old thinset.

Exposed areas between ridges of adhesive should expose the vinyl flooring. Used a floor scraper on my sds plus rotary hammer and was able to grind most of the thinset ridges down but the squares of thinset are still about 1 8 of an inch above sub floor. I worked in a lot of new construction houses. The manufacturers of tile cement thinset have developed a specialty thinset for setting tile that bonds well to resin based laminates often called plastic laminates.

Removing thinset before putting down underlayment for laminate floor. This means that the choice of subfloor i e what you install laminate over needs to provide the right support. Apply a layer of thin set tile adhesive to the vinyl using a notched trowel. Remember that laminate flooring like swiss krono usa s laminate wood flooring is a floating floor it will expand and contract as temperature and other conditions change.

I ve done it hundreds of times for fifteen years including my own five houses. Here is my concern. If the old tile was bonded right to the subfloor with thinset however the replacement becomes. Occasionally i would see another installer on the job site installing a laminate floor.

The floor is now smooth. There are also tiles missing here and there. Of tile over a concrete sub floor dining room. Trowel on thin set adhesive.

To do this scoop a small amount of thin set adhesive onto the floor then drag the edge of the trowel over it to cover the floor. Replacing old tile can really update any room in the home. In colorado dry basement built 1961. Can i tile over laminate.

When installing a laminate floor on top of old tile on top of concrete basement floor. Make sure it not loose vacuum to remove any debris check for cracks apply membrane if needed. My first laminate flooring installation. The previous owner put the really old style tiles on top of concrete.

I have since decided to install vinyl sheet flooring.