karndean vinyl tiles

[georgey]

Good morning,

I wonder if anybody can help....

I hope to tile my kitchen floor with some karndean vinyl tiles this weekend. The current floor is solid concrete with tatty old vinyl over the top.

My original plan was to lift the vinyl, clean the floor, apply self leveling compound, leave 24 hrs, apply acrylic adhesive and tile. Sounds simple. However, after browsing this forum it seems that the leveling compound may be a waste of time and money unles the floor is really bad underneath the old vinyl? does anybody have an opinion on this? Keen to do a proper job that will last, but no point in making work for yourself is there?

Thanks,

George

 

[lymmranger]

Do you want to know the "secret" in installing a longlasting Karndean floor?

the answer is simple - get a professional to do it for you!!!!
Sticking the tiles down is the easy bit
Cutting them neatly is a skill but within a competant DIYers capability

...........However

Good floor preperation is absolutely essential and definately MUST include using the correct screed first. "selflevelling compound" is a wide ranging term that does not necessarily describe the correct screed. Professional instalation would normally specify a latex based screed (of which there are several). If you do manage to spec the correct screed can you apply it?
...it needs to be mirror smooth - any undulations will stick out like a sore thumb
Cutting corners with this type of flooring only leads to dissapointment. - this forum is littered with threads from people complaining about lifting karndean flooring - all down to poor floor preperation!

Sorry to sound so negative but asking questions like "Do I really need a screed" leads me to sumise that you are about to waste the money you spent on your Karndean

 

[tictic]

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