tonkatoys
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in a kitchen if you have linoleum can to tile right over it if its in good shape?
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Be sure to clean it real good and remove and old wax or grease so the new one sticks well.
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You mean ceramic tile? I'm no expert, but I wouldn't do it. Seems to me like the give in the linoleum could break the tile. I do know you can lay laminate flooring over linoleum, but I've never heard of tile. Somebody on here will know for sure.
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It is done all the time, many “tile setters” will advise you to go ahead… I disagree
I am no expert but when I lay tile or when I talk to a real craftsman we take the extra step and remove the old floor covering and make sure the floor is prepared.
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Kajtek1
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It is not the vinyl that is the main problem, but soft floor. When vinyl can take lot of flex, ceramic tile not. If the floor is pretty strong, you can install wonderboard on the top of the vinyl and tile it up.
But that will add some thickness.
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whimstock
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I'm pretty sure our kitchen tile was installed right on top of vinyl.
As another poster said, just be sure the vinyl is clean.
We've had the tile down 12 years and it's like new. 
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When we re-did our kitchen.......we actually layed a linoleum type material (linoleum without the pattern and shiney finish)down first.......our slab had some cracks and I didn't want those cracks coming through the tile so we installed a "slip sheet" so the concrete could move if it needed to without affecting the tile.......the tile was put down in 1998 and still not a single crack.....
The only thing I would do to regular shiney linoleum would be to take a sander and rough it up as much as possible and make sure it's not lifting anywhere......
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If I was doing the job the linoleum would be removed. Mike is right, laminate over linoleum is considered an acceptable under lament for a moisture barrier if on slab and in good condition.
I wouldn’t consider laying tile over linoleum though, tile needs a very firm base (substraight) not to mention the adhesion issues. The two just don’t work together IMO.
Good luck with the project!
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We have done a bit of flooring and would not even consider laying tile directly over linoleum. As already mentioned, there is definitely an adhesion concern and backerboard for tile both provides for the adhesion as well as providing the firm level surface. We might consider putting the backerboard over the linoleum however.
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CatandJim
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In all four of the kitchen remodels I've had done every tile guy tore up the linoleum, leveled the floor if needed (this house needed a LOT of leveling, no wonder mom opted for vinyl flooring) and then began installing the ceramic tile. I was never given the option to lay the tile over the linoleum but I doubt I would have agreed to it anyway. It doesn't seem like it would save much time or money not tearing out the vinyl and then running a risk of the tile having problems? No thanks....
Come to think of it, I did one time (a long time ago when I had to watch every penny) put new linoleum over the old stuff in a bathroom. Frankly it would have been a better job if we would have torn the old vinyl up.
Whatever you decide, best of luck with your project!
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