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.
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.
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.
I ve done it hundreds of times for fifteen years including my own five houses.
My contractor wants to install laminate on top of floor.
However as with all tile installations the entire substrate below the tile is important not only the layer to which the tile is bonded.
Exposed areas between ridges of adhesive should expose the vinyl flooring.
The previous owner put the really old style tiles on top of concrete.
Tile thinset removal for floating laminate install just finished pulling up about 140 sq ft.
Make sure it not loose vacuum to remove any debris check for cracks apply membrane if needed.
Apply a layer of thin set tile adhesive to the vinyl using a notched trowel.
You can put tile over old thinset.
Of tile over a concrete sub floor dining room.
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.
Here is my concern.
Can i tile over laminate.
There are also tiles missing here and there.
In colorado dry basement built 1961.
Occasionally i would see another installer on the job site installing a laminate floor.
Replacing old tile can really update any room in the home.
I worked in a lot of new construction houses.
Before this i never did it before.
Remove the old thinset to get a flat surface for wood or laminate installation.
I have since decided to install vinyl sheet flooring.
Trowel on thin set adhesive.
To smooth the floor i covered screw heads and seams in the cement fiber board with thinset.
I m installing laminate floor in a great room.
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.
The floor is now smooth.
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.
I was installing mostly carpet an vinyl flooring.
This means that the choice of subfloor i e what you install laminate over needs to provide the right support.
My first laminate flooring installation.