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When we bought our current house, all of the bathrooms were tiled in horrible 4" square builders white tiles and looked like they hadn't been cleaned for the duration of the home's 10 yr life-span. A hammer and a floor scraper made short work of them (a bit of elbow grease was required for the tiles that were directly on the slab) and after a Saturday morning class at Home Depot, we gave our hand to tiling and it turned out amazingly well. I wouldn't feel daunted by the prospect of DIY. We put off learning how to tile for years, and were amazed at how well we did once we bit the bullet.
Definitely don't lay vinyl over tile. It won't stick well or for long and you'll never be able to clean off the glue residue to correct your mistake!
Do it right the first time, rip up the ceramic and carpet and install ceramic tile, not vinyl...it will cost you more money in the long run to bandaid the area with vinyl tile...IMO...
Now there are different grades of vinyl. There is vct which you see in many commercial settings. VCT is very durable and lasts for many years but it generally requires a lot of care, e.g. waxing and buffing. There are a few brands of floating vinyl floors which connected together by the edges and they are very easy to install and very durable. Then the Luxury vinyl tiles, many of which are very thick and contain fiberglass backing, are often mistaken by the casual observer as being ceramic tile (in fact some actually have ceramic in them) with grout lines and real grout.
I have installed luxury viny tile over ceramic. I tried to talk the customer out of it but they wanted to get rid of the 'bumpy' tile. It actually looked quite nice and the people were happy with the new flat floor.
Not all vinyls are created equal.
Our bathroom floor is all white tile which I don't like for various reasons. Is it possible to just lay vinyl tiles over it? Or would the floor feel weird and uneven? They are larger tiles, maybe 8 inches by 8 inches or so with standard sized grout. TIA
If you haven't done your bathroom floor yet, you can buy a vinyl floating floor. Instead of the normal 12x12" tiles, they come in 12x36" sections. The tile is thick and durable. I use it in my rehab & rental homes. Armstrong makes it. Home Depot has pictures of it on their web site
Do they still use asbestos in vinyl flooring? I myself prefer ceramic tiles for durability and hardwood floors with carpets are great! And carpeting in bedrooms as it seems to be the norm, can be a real problem with fleas, mold, and chemicals off gassing from them as well.
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Different grades of vinyl...
