Vinyl over ceramic tiles????? - Help Meeeeeeeeeee

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Vinyl over ceramic tiles????? - Help Meeeeeeeeeee

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I have a ceramic tiled kitchen floor which is VERY slippery & needs some good quality safety flooring.Any advice on wether to remove them/board it or would a good thickness & quality hide grout lines from present tiles?.Any advice appreciated.I
would be covering a large kitchen of 14-16 sq meters
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I wouldn't bother going to the bother of ripping them up. A decent thick vinyl will cover nicely.
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Thanks Pete.I was advised yesterday that even a good thickess of quality vinyl would just sink into the grout areas after only a year or two..Hence asking for advice.I also forgot to ask what type of adhesive is need to lay a safety flooring vinyl of a minimum of 3-5 thickness.
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To do it correctly you should take up the tiles but the next best thing would to be to SLC over the old tiles after roughing them up
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As colour has suggested, best would be to level the floor with a decent self levelling compound, then use your vinyl as it'll dip down into the grout joints after a short time.

Just consider how much height you will be adding with this when you are doing it however.
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