Laying linoleum on tiles

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Linoleum is an inexpensive and easy-to-install covering that is popular both on the floor and on the wall. If you choose tiles as the substrate, there are a few things you need to consider.

Check that the floor is really level. © Claudia_Hautumm / Pixelio

What you need:

Rubber mallet
Filler
linoleum
adhesive

Check the quality of the tiles

First, look at that Tiles good at. If you have them with you linoleum want to tape over, they are probably no longer new and damaged in some places. Some of this damage can cause problems.
Tap the tiles with a rubber mallet to see if they are all still properly adhering to the floor or wall. Tiles that sound hollow or even wobble should be knocked out completely.
Check that the tiles are laid evenly and that there are no protruding edges or other bulges. If you do notice a bump, you'd better remove it at this point as well.
Now you need to carefully clean the tiles. Only on dust and grease-free Underground the glue can hold the linoleum.

Lay the linoleum

Whether you had to knock out individual tiles or not, the joints mean that the subsurface is not even enough for the linoleum. First of all, you need to create a smooth, level surface with a filler.
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Let this surface dry for a few hours.
If you want to glue the floor, you can achieve a particularly good result with a flow filler. This mass should be cement-bound in order to provide the linoleum with the ideal, absorbent substrate.
Impact sound insulation can also only be helpful on the floor. Lay the one that matches the linoleum insulation directly on the hardened filler.
Now put the linoleum in the room where it will be laid and take a break until the next morning. In this way, the material can take on the temperature and humidity of the room and does not warp so much after laying.
The room temperature should not fall below 18 degrees and the humidity should be between 40 and 65%.
The adhesives for linoleum set very quickly so that the material cannot react with them. So you have to work very quickly. Always glue only part of the strip and align it perfectly before applying glue to the next piece of the strip.