Allure Vinyl Flooring Over Ceramic Tile

Today i am sharing my one year follow up review of the product.

Allure vinyl flooring over ceramic tile. Lay grout able peel stick vinyl over the existing tile vinyl peel stick flooring or vtf has come a long way from the vinyl tile flooring options that were popular in the 1980 s. The longer i live on this planet the more i shy from taking risks i think it has something to do with all of the trouble i encountered as a teenage daredevil. Constructed in layers luxury vinyl tiles snap together like laminate planks and feature wood stone and geometric patterns. It is a thin solid flooring system that doesn t require adhesive and comes with a padded underlayment that helps smooth out any contour from the ceramic.

Available at stores like home depot and lowes these peel and stick tiles are available for less than 1 a square foot. Lvt flooring why i chose it. Laminate is a cheap fast flooring solution that easily goes right over ceramic tile. Similar to luxury vinyl tiles these planks have a.

A little thin on the 4mil wear layer. The allure and allure plus wear layer is a cause for durability concern. Laminate flooring goes very well over ceramic tiles. If they are the floor will need to be leveled using a patching compound.

The least expensive vinyl plank option these planks are held together by peel and stick strips one of the best known brands is trafficmaster allure. Allure ultra gives you the richness and beauty of real wood with luxurious embossing for a beautiful look and feel. Not considered premium lvt and lvp. Once the tile is leveled off your next step is to remove the toilet so that the floor can be laid under it not cut around it.

So a few months ago i wrote a post on how i cleaned the nasty ceramic tile i inherited when i bought my 1980 s fixer upper and while my cleaning method was highly effective at whitening grout lines and removing years of filth from the crevices in the tile i have always had major beef with ceramic tile. Yes the flooring has a 25 year or lifetime warranty but the. Next if the tile s joints are deep you ll want regrout them to bring them flush with the tile so that the lines won t telegraph show through the vinyl floor. Over one year ago i installed luxury vinyl tile directly over pre existing ceramic tile flooring.

Home depot asked the manufacturer to produce decent quality vinyl planks and tiles it could sell for less than most other brands and allure is the result. Over time the vinyl will sink or be pressed down into the contour of these depressions telescoping the grout joints from the ceramic tile installation all the way up through the vinyl tiles. Dramatic planks are quiet underfoot easy to maintain and offer state of the art click lock installation technology.