Can you lay lino or linoleum over hard tiles?

[Susyb30]

We have tiles on our bathroom floor and apart from feeling really cold when I wash floor the cement in between stays wet for ages. So can you lay lino over the tiles? I would have no idea about lifting tiles (and lets just say my dh is not into diy!) :-)

You'd probably need to put sheets of plywood down first otherwise you'll get tile ridges in the Lino.

Easier than lifting the tiles I'd have thought?

when my sisters landlord did this they put a layer of cement stuff down first before putting the lino on top

Would have no ideas about lifting tiles that looks like set in cement! Is plywood thin? Just thinking about the door getting jammed..?

Just realized lino and linoleum is the same thing..#babybrain

Plywood is thin but you can shave a bit off the bottom of the door if you need to. This is what our lino fitter did on our bathroom.

Even if you take the tiles up you might need to put wood down, depends whats underneath the tiles? We had wooden floorboards and the fitter said it needed boarding first or the lino would be too uneven.

Thanks for that..makes sense :-)

Thanks for that..makes sense :-)

We put self levelling compound down and put lino ont top

For linoleum you need to put down a flexible self levelling compound, the ordinary sort is no good. A good fitter would probably do it for you ours was recommended by the supplier. I used linoleum over old quarry tiles, the builder used ordinary compound and it cracked all over. I had a very irritating week chipping it off with a bolster and lump hammer! You could possibly get away with plywood over the tiles with sheet vinyl but it still might show lines through eventually. Can you take the tiles up?

We have thick feltback vinyl flooring on top of our uneven floorboards and it looks super even after 3 years of use. Check ebay for feltback vinyl. They send out samples.

3mm ply will do if the tiles are otherwise flat and level, it will prevent the joints in tiles showing through and accelerating wear. The ply must be fitted with very tight joints. Put any sawn or rough edges at the sides of the room where it will not be walked on.

You almost certainly mean vinyl flooring not lino.