tiling on top of lino

**wilgold** · 27-03-2009

whats best course of action should i remove it or is it poss to just tile over?

**theyomper** · 27-03-2009

REMOVE IT how do you expect to have a sound surface to tile onto if you were to leave it down

**Dave** · 27-03-2009

Originally Posted by wilgold

whats best course of action should i remove it or is it poss to just tile over?

Hiya.....It will be best to remove it....if it is glued at the edges then just use a heat gun to soften it and pull it up..

Cutting it into largish squares with a utility knife makes it easier to get up....

What substrate is underneath..?

**gaz man** · 27-03-2009

lift the lino

**d noulton** · 27-03-2009

if you tile on the lino the tiles are only stuck to the lino not the floor

**kilty55** · 27-03-2009

you must remove it,,i recently lifted a tiled floor where the tiler had laid a 30 sq metre peice of thick polythene down on the floor and tiled directly onto it,,only been down 1 year and smashed to bits.