The old vinyl tile you describe sounds like vct vinyl composition tile and it is tough stuff.
Tiling over vinyl glue.
But now that you have ripped up the old carpet you ve got a sticky situation.
You want to scrape off as much as possible using a razor scraper.
You should be able to lay tile or marble over the linoleum.
The stuff has come up nicely but leaving a thin layer of soft and sticky glue that looks a lot like evostik on top of the concrete.
You can t tile over old carpet glue but it s not hard to remove carpet adhesive before tiling.
Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is.
Replacing carpet with tile can give your home an exciting new look.
Hi i m laying 300mm x 300mm porcelain tiles.
Scrub your vinyl floor with a.
As with laying tile over vinyl as long as the subfloor and joists provide a firm foundation the linoleum is well glued down in good shape and clean.
Hi all i m going to put ceramic tiles down over a concrete floor which has previously had clear looking vinyl flooring glued down onto it as can be seen in the attachment.
The original flooring was vinyl over concrete.