Laying lino over ceramic tiles

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My kitchen floor is tiled, they are pretty level apart from the grout in between. Can I just fill the grout in a bit more so I don't get the lines?

This is a quick job, I don't have the money for a proper job at the moment, as I know all about screening/levelling etc.

You'd be better off using a self-levelling screed over the top of the tiles otherwise you'll still get the impression of the tiles showing through the vinyl pretty quickly.

Definitely need to use a self levelling screed or you are wasting your money on the vinyl.

We laid ours straight over our bathroom tiles but it was slightly thicker than standard Lino and never saw any lines from the tiles underneath. It was from carpet right.
You can put underlay under Lino too I believe but we didn't need to.

I put cushion floor vinyl down in my bathroom 4years ago over very old slightly uneven and missing some grout in places ceramic tiles and there's absolutely no visible lines appeared in all that time.

wow and skiing I can't afford the hassle and expense of screeding (I'm doing it myself)

mama and mspepper thanks so much, I was hoping someone would come along with some positive outcomes

My kitchen is quite small, so even expensive vinyl will be cheap, and if I get a 'busy' pattern it should be ok.

Thanks everyone

A kitchen is a much heavier traffic area than a bathroom. If it's small it won't take much self-levelling compound.

or a thin piece of plyboard over the tiles the the vinyl on top this is what we are going to do in our kitchen as its floorboards and the grooves between the boards may show through

I have vinyl laid straight over tiles in my kitchen and it’s absolutely fine. It’s been there for five years and there are no visible lines.

The guy who fitted it didn’t mention anything about levelling things off either 🤷🏻‍♀️

Took 7 years for the grout lines to show over the vinyl, and I didn’t fill the gaps. It was cheap stuff from B&Q as well.

Screed isn’t that expensive - dries quick if you go down that route

don't waste money on decent vinyl if you are doing it this way, just get an offcut.

to do it properly needs one coat of something which allows the self-leveller to stick, and then self-leveller laid properly and smoothed down. Do not let a kitchen fitter do this, that was our mistake. The grid lines don't show through but we didn't catch all the lumps he left.

You'd be silly not to put down at least foam underlay imo. If your floor is uninsulated it's worth considering multi later foil underlay.

It'll insulate as well as cushion and protect the vinyl.

Did it in the kitchen in our last house and it lasted ages. The tiles weren't particularly even, the lino wasn't particularly expensive and it was a big kitchen with plenty of traffic. I'd say, do it.

As I've said, it's going to be a cheap job, so I appreciate all the replies, especially from those who've done it successfully

I'll go for it, thanks everyone

Another one saying we did it too as a cheap temporary job and it's lasted so well we haven't bothered doing the "proper" job