How Do You Install Engineered Wood Floor Over Tiles?
Installing engineered wood flooring over tile is a relatively simple process that is, in some ways, easier than installing wood flooring on a bare floor. NOTE: This How To assumes that the tiles on your floor are hard tiles (stone, ceramic, clay, etc.). If you have soft tiles on your floor (linoleum, etc.), it’s better to remove the soft tiles and install the wood flooring on a bare floor. First, determine which type of flooring installation you would prefer: floating floor or glue down floor? A floating floor is simply flooring that is not glued or nailed down. It is the easiest method of installing flooring. A glue down floor, as the name implies, is flooring that is glued to the floor below (in this case, the tiles). With modern engineered wood flooring it usually isn’t necessary to glue the floor down unless you will have heavy furniture and objects resting on the floor. A glue down floor requires additional preparation of the tile surface. Next, select and purchase your flooring k
