Ditra Over Vinyl Sheet Flooring

Ditra xl allows for ceramic tile application over single layer plywood osb subfloors on joists spaced at 24 610 mm o c.

Ditra over vinyl sheet flooring.

2 perimeter bonded vinyl tile is unacceptable. The upstairs bath 75 sf in my 1950 house has two layers of sheet vinyl flooring over a solid subfloor. 1 remove both layers of vinyl before tile install. The trouble is that thinset generally requires a textured surface to bond at.

Alternate floor coverings over ditra heat ditra heat is suitable for applications with engineered wood vinyl wood plastic composite wpc luxury vinyl tiles lvt luxury vinyl planks lvp stone plastic composite spc tiles and planks and laminate flooring. Yes ditra heat can be installed over vinyl. 1 cushioned vinyl is unacceptable. The plan is to install 12 12 ceramic tile.

When installing new stone ceramic or porcelain tiles over a vinyl tile subfloor thinset is definitely the way to go. While there are thinsets that say they will bond to linoleum and some of them will apparently the jackass who installed that particular floor was not aware of that. In fact nearly every bare substrate you find in a modern house would be considered an approved substrate shiny linoleum is not one of them photo 3. See detail d v t in the schluter ditra installation handbook for complete list of limitations requirements and.

Installing ditra over an approved substrate is much much easier. Multiple layers of vinyl is unacceptable. Some limitations include the following. Multiple layers of vinyl is unacceptable.

Yes schluter ditra or ditra xl can be installed over vinyl. Some limitations include the following. 3 spread a thin layer of concrete over the vinyl and. Cushioned vinyl is unacceptable.

I ve been told to. Ditra membrane over existing vinyl floor i picked up my ditra roll yesterday and after reading the handbook that came with the roll extensively i found out that schluter looks to be okay with laying ditra on top of the existing vinyl floor as long as an appropriate latex p c. Can schluter ditra heat be installed over vinyl flooring. Perimeter bonded vinyl tile is unacceptable.

Ditra xl is 5 16 7 mm thick to create an even transition between typical 5 16 7 mm thick tile and 3 4 19 mm thick hardwood flooring. See detail d v t in the schluter ditra installation handbook for complete list of limitations requirements and. Is used that works with vinyl. 2 install and nail backerboard over the vinyl then install tile.

Some limitations include the following. Cushioned vinyl is unacceptable.