debating vinyl or porcelain tile
Aurea
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Installing Porcelain Tile over Sheet Vinyl
Comments (10)Many products suggest that this can be down. I have seen first hand a Porcelain Tile installed over Sheet Vinyl and got to look at the entire install up close and personal while I was ripping it out! The worst thing - it was down at my Nana's home. Some pirate, some cowboy took advantage of my Nana and charged her over $6,000 to install Porcelain Tile in her kitchen (tile cost $5.50 square foot and the total square footage was 300 square feet). I went after the guy who did this installation and he was not interested in dealing with me and took my suggestion of buying my Nana new tiles and giving her back $2,000.00 dollars so I could buy new cement board and reinstall this floor. In the end my Nana got what she wanted at premium price (still don't no why she didn't call me in the first place???) and I learned a lot about this type of installation. From my findings it's the amount of cushion in the vinyl and that a lot of prep needs to be done to rough up the surface. I have not found one person who has done this with success and when asked by new clients I retell this story and simply tell them I won't install this way - period. Good luck with your remodel! "When it's perfect. It's good enough." - John Whipple...See MoreSheet vinyl vs porcelain tile in hall bath?
Comments (4)We just installed vinyl tiles in our main (ha-only!) bathroom, replacing very old sheet vinyl. The difference with these tiles is that they can be grouted so they look just like tile. I think they're referred to as "luxury vinyl tile". The benefit of tile, yet without the coldness/hardness. Many of the major manufacturers carry them, ours was Armstrong. Although they're "peel & stick", a friend in the flooring business recommended using additional flooring adhesive rather than just the glue on the back of the tile. My only advice is to get the highest "grade" in the line...ours is only "better" and I can see minor scratches showing up. We purchased from Lowes so I expect flooring stores to carry better quality. But overall, it is beautiful and really does look just like ceramic tile. Very easy for the DIYer, unlike real tile it can be grouted immediately after laying the tile. Hope this helps, as I never knew there was such a thing. Here is a link that might be useful: Armstrong's Groutable vinyl tiles...See MoreInstalling Porcelain Tile over Sheet Vinyl
Comments (6)Wow...what a nasty response. I have had MANY vinyl installations over a few homes over 30 years as a homeowner and I NEVER had my vinyl installed in that way. Furthermore, this was part of our overall home construction so there was no pricing it out separately to us. I told them when we picked it out that it was a temporary choice until we could afford the tile we wanted. You would think a good flooring store would say at that point, well, then you probably don't want our standard install. We should have then be presented with options and allowed to choose whether we wanted to upgrade. However, your entire premise is faulty anyway. I just called two flooring stores in the area after reading your response. One of them actually laughed. He said that they never offer gluing down luan as a cost effective method. They don't want to get angry customers back in their faces when this exact situation happens. It is amazing how you ascribe motivations and know exactly how I would decide. Why don't you spend your energy being helpful instead of wasting time with useless posts....See MoreCombination of carpet, porcelain tile, & vinyl too choppy?
Comments (2)Personally I would choose either the vinyl or the tile and go with them for all of the hard floors- otherwise it will look all piece meal. Unless that doesn't bother you, but it would drive me to distraction. My own preferred solution would be to choose one of those two and do the entire basement uniformly, then use huge room sized rugs in the areas you want the warmth underfoot. That way you can switch out the rugs for cleaning or to change them up and retain the versatility as well. But that's me- I haven't any carpet in the whole house. I find it impossible to keep clean and love being able to change up the rugs seasonally....See More
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