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    011.jpg015.jpg ripped this floor up this week, tiles were on top of vinyl tiles, thought they sounded hollow when i tapped them, ripped 20m2 up in less than an hour, took me longer to clear the mess up................so if anyone wants to know if they can tile on to vinyl tiles..........be warned you could be risking a serious failure..
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    Default Re: why you shouldn't tile over vinyl tiles..

    Why did they sound hollow?
    Had they failed?
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    Default Re: why you shouldn't tile over vinyl tiles..

    tiles were stuck to the vinyl tiles but the vinyl tiles were no longer stuck to the floor..
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    Default Re: why you shouldn't tile over vinyl tiles..

    After you prised them up, or were they lifting on their own accord? (ie failure)
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    after i prised them up..
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    Default Re: why you shouldn't tile over vinyl tiles..

    Result then mate - can you imagine how long and painful it would have been otherwise?!
    I have no problem with going over vinyl if they are well stuck down, prepped correctly and the right materials used.
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