Engineered Floor Over Tile

The simplest in terms of getting the job done without messy demo work would be a floating engineered floor.

Engineered floor over tile.

If your ceramic tile has grout lines that give it texture you will need to fill those in to make your flooring completely level. It s built on a stone composite base to give it strength with the rest of the materials providing a level of resilience that sets it apart from ceramic and porcelain. Engineered tile s warm and comfortable surface is a major trade up over the cold hard tiles of natural stone porcelain and ceramic. Engineered tile is the perfect choice over natural stone ceramic and porcelain tile with a much warmer more comfortable surface.

Some brands can be installed as a floating floor that locks together and is not attached to the tile or you can glue it down. 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. Alterna the name of our engineered tile collection is superior to ceramic and porcelain. Yes you can lay a wood floor over tile if the existing floor is in good shape and without cracks.

I would suggest 3 8 thick prefinished engineered hardwood flooring or easy to install laminate flooring. Compared to natural stone ceramic and porcelain which can be messy and take up to 2 to 5 days installing engineered tile is faster easier and cleaner. Styles colors and appearances are numerous today specifically with the leader in floating floor technology. For years the only solution to installing hardwood floors over tile was rip it out and install the wood floor.

Whenever you install hardwood flooring over any type of subfloor you must ensure that it is completely level. Floating floors were designed for these types of applications. Laminate is a cheap fast flooring solution that easily goes right over ceramic tile.