Laying vinyl over defective cork tiles

[gnvqsos]

I recently bought some cork tiles from W*ck*s and foillowed their advice to leave cork in room for 24 hours.They were laid on primed hardboard but lifted,despite using the dedicated adhesive.I believe the tiles needed far more than 24 hours as the house is cold and unoccupied.

I have the task of removing the tiles but I wanted to avoid this tedious task by laying the vinyl over the tiles once the swollen ones had been replaced.

Can anyone see any problems with this?

 

[crazydaze]

The design and shape of the cork tiles will almost certainly transpose through the vinyl if you lay straight over the top, you may also have a reaction between the cork tiles and vinyl resulting in black marks showing through the vinyl. Hold a piece of vinyl up to the light and you will see that light and shapes are easy to see through it.

 

[gnvqsos]

The design and shape of the cork tiles will almost certainly transpose through the vinyl if you lay straight over the top, you may also have a reaction between the cork tiles and vinyl resulting in black marks showing through the vinyl. Hold a piece of vinyl up to the light and you will see that light and shapes are easy to see through it.

Thanks for your observations.I would be better either ripping out the hardboard underlay and tiles attached OR screw some hardboard/plywood over the top and starting again.

 

[crazydaze]

Yes, probably best to take it up an re-prep for vinyl