How to install vinyl floors over linoleum.
Can you put vinyl over vinyl.
But you can do the same to prepare your floor so the new vinyl flooring will have a perfectly even surface to adhere to.
Vinyl plank s are usually a thin type of flooring that are bendy in nature.
If the linoleum is in good shape.
From the 1930s to the mid 1970s vinyl flooring contained asbestos which is not safe for you to remove yourself.
And if you don t do any prep work you won t be very happy with the results.
Solid hardwood or engineered wood for example can bridge gaps holes and seams as well as smooth over surface embossing.
I ve seen this go well and i ve seen it go poorly.
Vinyl flooring cannot effectively bridge over or smooth out substrate imperfections in the way that thicker inflexible floor coverings can.
You look at your old laminate floors and ask yourself can vinyl flooring be laid over laminate flooring why luxury vinyl over laminate is a bad idea.
If you can t remove your old linoleum floors due to asbestos or other problems consider laying a new tile right on top.
You have decided it is time to update your old laminate floors and decided on new luxury vinyl plank.
A thin layer of joint compound suitable for indoor use spread over the old vinyl floor will patch up any gaps or dents and the holes left by removing the broken bits of the old vinyl floor.