Some conditions apply but most are easily addressed.
Installing engineered wood flooring over tile.
Most engineered flooring is prefinished and this permits a very clean installation process.
You need to leave a 5 16 inch gap between the flooring and the baseboard or wall around the perimeter of the room to allow the floor enough space to expand.
Roll out sheets of tar paper over the clean subfloor and use a staple gun to affix the paper to the floor.
The tar paper will form a moisture barrier which will prevent any condensation from the floors below which could potentially rot away at the underside of your new wood flooring.
Whenever you install hardwood flooring over any type of subfloor you must ensure that it is completely level.
We are thinking about replacing our tile floor in the kitchen with hardwood.
Floating floors were designed for.
The planks glue together to create a floor that floats moves freely as a unit.
This isn t to say you can install laminate over every tile floor.
When some of the tiles are loose chipped or broken.
Prefinished engineered wood flooring in a good choice for laying over a tile floor.
One situation however does require more work and may call for removal of the tile.
Engineered wood flooring on the other hand can be glued directly to the existing ceramic.
Engineered flooring goes down over a thin foam sheet which provides cushioning and sound dampening.
Installing hardwood floors over tile.
If your ceramic tile has grout lines that give it texture you will need to fill those in to make your flooring completely level.
When installing a floor over your existing floor you will want to choose an engineered wood floor that is at least 1 2 thick and over 4 3 4 wide.
The tile is laid in a concrete foundation and would be huge mess to rip up.
What types of installations over tile.
Yes you can install hardwood floors over ceramic tile but with a few exceptions.
The simplest in terms of getting the job done without messy demo work would be a floating engineered floor.