Thanks for your answers! glennsfc, Sorry I don't know the technical word for that. But with the word "peeling" ceramic, I meant the top coat of the ceramic tile is peeling off in a few spots on the tiles. There're not a lot of those but I just know they're there... I read on this blog that a lady installed vinyl tile on top of the existing ceramic tiles. I wonder if anyone has that experience? The ceramic tiles I have right now is not in extremely bad condition, just a few "peeling" spots, very light color and stained yucky stained grout. http://www.sasinteriors.net/2012/10/installing-groutable-vinyl-tile-lowes/ So I wonder if there's anyway to work this out... with a baby in the house, I don't really want to make a big mess. Plus I don't have a lot of time to do that... :( .

It will NOT look stupid. There are vinyl plank floors that imitate the real thing so well, that you have to get down on your hands and knees to discover it's not the real thing. You want to use a cementious skim coat floor filler to make for a smooth and flush substrate. Most of these have the binder incorporated in the powdered formulation, so there is no need to add a binder or a primer with any of those. But...read the product labels to know what you're buying and what performance you can expect. Of course, if the fillers available to you suggest adding a liquid binder or using a primer, then do that. A trowellable skim coat floor filler is done with a smooth edge trowel in several passes. After the first coat is set enough to walk on, it should be ready for another coat. Remember, a smooth and flush result is what you want to achieve. After the floor is absolutely smooth, then install your vinyl plank using the recommended adhesive.

There are 2 main kinds of vinyl plank floors. The ones that you glue down, and the more recent ones that are floating, clickable systems. Both types of floors have top layers of vinyl, and are waterproof. The clickable systems have special-made locking seams that keep the water from getting to the subfloor. The glue down kind is used all the time in both kitchens and bathrooms, and the clickable ones have been more recently as well. Karndean makes a beautiful glue down material, and their website should show you where theres a dealer. If not, depending on where you're located, we can help you with that. COREtec makes a great floating vinyl plank, and you can also find a dealer on their website. If you're anywhere near the Northeast, give us a call if you need assistance sourcing the material. https://theflooringblog.com/installing-coretec/ https://theflooringblog.com/water-resistant-flooring/ The Couture Floor Company

Click and float. If I had to glue it down, I would just do porcelain, since I'm pretty good at tile work (I just have soooo much more tile work to do) Why can't it go under cabinets? I would figure any expansion might be hindered, but could expand the other way (not a very large room, maybe 6' wide to the shower wall. The vanity is a RH furniture vanity, so the feed are on sliders anyway. Floor will take the weight, but with minimal contact area for any relative motion. Clawfoot tub is the same. Thanks all.