Floating Engineered Floors Over Tile

Installing hardwood floors over tile.

Floating engineered floors over tile.

Floating floors were designed for. Engineered tile is faster easier and cleaner to install than natural stone ceramic or porcelain. It is a thin solid flooring system that doesn t require adhesive and comes with a padded underlayment that helps smooth out any contour from the ceramic. The thought of ripping up both to install life proof vinyl flooring doesn t appeal to me.

Unfortunately where the ceramic meets the engineered wood there s a little less that a 1 4 inch height difference and a transition is currently being used. With engineered tile it s possible to be done in a day with less mess but it can take as long as 3 to 5 days to install traditional stone tile. The simplest in terms of getting the job done without messy demo work would be a floating engineered floor. Laminate flooring goes very well over ceramic tiles.

What types of installations over tile. Easy installation compared to natural stone ceramic and porcelain which can be messy and take up to 2 to 5 days installing engineered tile is faster easier and cleaner. Is it possible to lay hardwood over an existing tile floor yes you can lay a wood floor over tile if the existing floor is in good shape and without cracks. For years the only solution to installing hardwood floors over tile was rip it out and install the wood floor.

Donna asks we are thinking about replacing our tile floor in the kitchen. Engineered tile is easy to clean and highly resistant to stains and scratches. I have an old tile engineered wood combo flooring in roughly 1000 sqft of the house.