Installing Laminate Countertops Over Tile

The good news is that granite makes a beautiful and durable countertop.

Installing laminate countertops over tile. Step 1 treating the laminate. Countertop overlays cover your existing countertop in the form of large pre cast slabs of granite or quartz countertop material. That makes it possible to install laminate over hardwood linoleum and vinyl and yes. While the point of installing tile over laminate is to cover up the poor laminate there is a limit as to how bad that laminate can be.

We definitely learned some tricks along the way so i wanted to pass those along to you in case you have a laminate countertop that could use a refresh but you don t want to. Laminate countertops are durable easy to clean and more moisture proof than just about any other material you can use. Ceramic or natural tile can be applied over an old laminate countertop but prep work can be difficult especially with rolled edges. You don t need to remove the laminate before creating your new tile countertops.

Ceramic tile is durable easy to clean and relatively inexpensive making it a great way to update outdated plastic laminates. The point where two counters meet in a corner must be square. A laminate floor is a floating floor which means it doesn t get nailed or glued to the subfloor. When you measure for your countertop be sure to include the counter overhang which is usually between 3 4 1 inch in front and on open ends.

Sometimes it s simpler to start fresh. Use contact cement to reapply the laminate so that it firmly sticks to the mdf. Even better it installs as easily as any other tile though cutting it. The laminate comes in thin rigid sheets that you secure to a countertop frame using contact cement.

Adhere peeling laminate. You can install laminate over tile. Overlays are differentiated from countertop fixes such as rustoleum s countertop transformations a multi stage liquid covering or from thin plastic adhesive sheets imprinted with an image of granite. This project involves laying ceramic tile over a laminate countertop around a top mounted kitchen sink and on both sides of a cooking range.

A laminate countertop is an acceptable base for ceramic tile but think carefully before you attempt it. If the countertop is delaminating in areas the tile will not hold. Installing granite tile countertops over laminate. The first step in any remodeling project of this scale is to plan your layout carefully.

This project guide provides step by step instructions for installing a post form laminate countertop. Installing the new laminate right over the old made this project go so much faster than having to build all new countertops from scratch.