ᐅ Installing vinyl flooring over tiles?

Hello,

we viewed a house that is for sale. On the ground floor, there are terracotta tiles throughout, which already look very much like they are from the 1980s.
Would it be possible to simply lay a thin vinyl flooring over the tiles and avoid having to break up the tiles? The doors and door frames would need to be replaced anyway, so door thresholds and similar would probably not be an issue. There is underfloor heating beneath the tiles. Will the heat still come through?

The tiles need to be fully leveled with grout or filler; otherwise, the joints will show through.

Heat naturally passes through the tile. Tiles are very good conductors of heat, especially when fully filled or leveled.

Hello,
thanks in advance for the quick response. Vinyl click flooring does have a bit of a backing layer, even the thinner versions. Do the joints still show through?
Regarding heat transfer, I was actually asking if having two floor coverings on top of each other reduces heat conduction too much. The tiles alone have of course been working fine for decades.

Tobi

So, underfloor heating must be fully glued down. Any air bubbles or layers will block the heat transfer.
I’m not sure if your click vinyl flooring requires glue. In that case, your “substrate” might actually be the obstacle.

Personally, I would reconsider covering good tiles with plastic.
Do they really look that bad? High-quality real terracotta is timeless and also complements modern styles.
Beige is making a comeback, now called Sand or Coffee Cream.
Did you take a photo?

Regards, Yvonne