Install Laminate Over Thinset

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.

Install laminate over thinset.

The floor is now smooth. I m installing laminate floor in a great room. However as with all tile installations the entire substrate below the tile is important not only the layer to which the tile is bonded. My first laminate flooring installation.

Of tile over a concrete sub floor dining room. Trowel on thin set adhesive. To smooth the floor i covered screw heads and seams in the cement fiber board with thinset. I was installing mostly carpet an vinyl flooring.

I have since decided to install vinyl sheet flooring. Removing thinset before putting down underlayment for laminate floor. Remove the old thinset to get a flat surface for wood or laminate installation. Exposed areas between ridges of adhesive should expose the vinyl flooring.

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. 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. Can i tile over laminate. I ve done it hundreds of times for fifteen years including my own five houses.

You can put tile over old thinset. Occasionally i would see another installer on the job site installing a laminate floor. Before this i never did it before. Make sure it not loose vacuum to remove any debris check for cracks apply membrane if needed.

Here is my concern. 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. 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. I worked in a lot of new construction houses.

If the old tile was bonded right to the subfloor with thinset however the replacement becomes. When installing a laminate floor on top of old tile on top of concrete basement floor. Back in early 2003 i installed my first ever laminate floor. In colorado dry basement built 1961.

Apply a layer of thin set tile adhesive to the vinyl using a notched trowel. How to install tile over old thinset. There are also tiles missing here and there. This means that the choice of subfloor i e what you install laminate over needs to provide the right support.

Replacing old tile can really update any room in the home.