Hello i have a peculiar basement floor that i want to cover with tile.
Tiling over asphalt floor.
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.
Work in small areas and discard any adhesive that begins to dry or skin over.
The floor is structurally sound but has some bumps and dips up to 1 2.
By joe delafield thu oct 11 2007 9 22 am.
Lay cement board across the entire surface.
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As it s technically tarmac i wouldn t see the need to.
Asphalt floor i believe as long as it s floor grade asphalt bitumen you can tile straight to it.
Looking at the instructions on the adhesive it states not to be used over vinyl or non porous floors.
Brush primer along the edge of the floor creating a perimeter of about 4 inches.
If it s going to be level and 2 3 thick i don t see the need for slc.
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.
Tiling over asphalt flooring.
As for wether or not it needs to be primed i m not sure to be totally honest.
If it is truly asphalt tile it would be nine inch squares.
This will give you a surface that s better than a concrete floor.
Do not sand it.
Another disadvantage is that it is considerably more rigid so it tends to be more susceptible to cracking.
The floor is asphalt like a driveway and like the adjacent garage and dates from the 1940s when the house was built.
I have in the past tiled a toilet floor with ceramic.
Asphalt tile is available only in a limited number of colors and patterns and requires a bit more maintenance than do the others.
Asphalt tiles are the true pioneers of the resilient tile field and are the most economical of the different flooring types.
Old damaged asphalt floor must be properly prepared before laying new vinyl peel and stick floor tile.
Asphalt is too brittle to manufacture in 12.