How to lay vinyl plank over existing flooring.
Can vinyl plank flooring be installed over linoleum.
The main caveat is that all vinyl formats call for a smooth subfloor including sheet vinyl vinyl tile and luxury vinyl planks and tiles.
Assuming your vinyl plank flooring is a floating floor.
If the grout lines in the ceramic tile are deep you ll see and feel them under sheet flooring and if you choose to install preglued vinyl tiles they won t stick.
So where feasible it makes sense to install the new flooring directly over the old without removing the old flooring.
That is each piece sticks to each other and not to the floor.
We installed over linoleum in a bathroom four years ago.
How to install vinyl floors over linoleum.
If you can t remove your old linoleum floors due to asbestos or other problems consider laying a new tile right on top.
This isn t possible with every flooring material but it s often possible to install ceramic porcelain or stone tile over resilient flooring including standard sheet vinyl vinyl tile or linoleum.
Once this step is complete you can continue installing vinyl flooring as with any other substrate.
Solid hardwood or engineered wood for example can bridge gaps holes and seams as well as smooth over surface embossing.
With vinyl flooring any one of those imperfections could transfer or telegraph to the vinyl flooring above.
Even worse large holes could cause parts of the vinyl flooring to form craters over time.
If the linoleum is in good shape.