How To Install Laminate Over Ceramic Tile

In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time.

How to install laminate over ceramic tile.

Laminate flooring can give your home the look and feel of real wood flooring without the cost of hardwood. When you install laminate flooring over ceramic tile up to dishwashers you need the laminate flooring to go under the front legs of the dishwasher. To install ceramic tile over wood the wood surface must be structurally sound enough to support the weight of the tile. It s also durable and relatively inexpensive and cleans easily.

This isn t to say you can install laminate over every tile floor. Removing a ceramic tile floor is hard work chipping away old tiles and mortar is extremely time consuming and labor intensive. If the front of the dishwasher is not sitting on the laminate you may not be able to remove the dishwasher in the future. Installing laminate flooring under dishwashers.

Laminate wood flooring comes in glue down and floating snap lock varieties. Installing over wood. There is ceramic tile in these rooms now and i m installing the laminate tile right over the ceramic tile. If a laminate can be placed over a ceramic tile the labor of the installation is decreased dramatically.

It s going in a kitchen and two bathrooms. Hi dorothy the short answer is yes you can install laminate flooring over a ceramic tile floor if the tile floor is in good condition and the tile are well attached level and flat. When some of the tiles are loose chipped or broken. Click on photos to enlarge.

Installation precautions to take. The question is valid. If you re looking for a quick home upgrade installing laminate flooring over an existing ceramic tile is a project that just about any diyer can handle. The problem with the ceramic tile is it has white grout and my client can t keep the grout clean.

Chipboard cushioned vinyl flooring particle boards of any type oriented strand board osb interior grade plywood tongue and groove planking and hardwood floors are unsuitable substrates for direct installation of ceramic tile. The process would be the same as installing a laminate floor on a concrete slab. One situation however does require more work and may call for removal of the tile. I m starting a laminate tile installation next thursday.