Tiling Over Asphalt Floor

By joe delafield thu oct 11 2007 9 22 am.

Tiling over asphalt floor.

Old damaged asphalt floor must be properly prepared before laying new vinyl peel and stick floor tile. If it s going to be level and 2 3 thick i don t see the need for slc. I have in the past tiled a toilet floor with ceramic. Looking at the instructions on the adhesive it states not to be used over vinyl or non porous floors.

As for wether or not it needs to be primed i m not sure to be totally honest. Asphalt floor i believe as long as it s floor grade asphalt bitumen you can tile straight to it. Cover the rest of the floor with primer using a paint roller attached to an extension pool for extended reach and quick application. Brush primer along the edge of the floor creating a perimeter of about 4 inches.

Using a suitable notched floor trowel held at a 45 o angle spread the adhesive onto the floor to form parallel ribs into which the tiles should be pushed with a firm twisting action this will collapse the ribs of adhesive and produce a 3 4mm solid bed of adhesive beneath the tiles. 1 post page 1 of 1. Another disadvantage is that it is considerably more rigid so it tends to be more susceptible to cracking. Hello i have a peculiar basement floor that i want to cover with tile.

Asphalt tile is available only in a limited number of colors and patterns and requires a bit more maintenance than do the others. This will give you a surface that s better than a concrete floor. Ceramic tile adhesives flooring grade asphalt provided that the flooring grade asphalt base is thermally stable and in a sound clean and dry condition tiles may be fixed in a 3 6mm bed of bal single part flexible bal supercover rapid flex or bal rapid flex one for large format tiles use bal pourable one. Roll the primer from the edge of the floor to the center working from the still wet epoxy strip along the edge.

As it s technically tarmac i wouldn t see the need to. To the best of my knowledge asphalt tile does not contain asbestos but and a very big but if the adhesive is black it is probably asphalt cutback which may contain up to 28 asbestos. Tile over uneven asphalt basement floor. I propose tiling over an exising asphalt floor in the kitchen with ceramic floor tiles.

The floor is asphalt like a driveway and like the adjacent garage and dates from the 1940s when the house was built. If it is truly asphalt tile it would be nine inch squares. Tiling over asphalt flooring. Asphalt tiles are the true pioneers of the resilient tile field and are the most economical of the different flooring types.

The floor is structurally sound but has some bumps and dips up to 1 2. Work in small areas and discard any adhesive that begins to dry or skin over.