wilkes

I agree with ridgerunner!! I have done tile for many years and only if you are applying tile to a bathroom floor do you have to use the cement board. You can use it anywhere but its not required even in the bathroom, its really just a preference. Thin set will adhere to the linoleum very strongly, if you linoleum floor was glued down during installation.

screw down the board and lay the tile and it will be fine

Thank you both for your responses. Ridgerunner95 are you saying that I should actually just lay the tile over the linoleum and not put down cement board first?

Actaully, I have learned over time having done flooring for 7 or 8 years, that tile actually adheres better to linoleum.

I'd be concerned about the linoleum having a little give in it, that might cause the grout joints to crack. If it were me I'd take the linoleum up first.

I'm getting ready to lay ceramic tile in a bathroom. The original floor is linoleum on particle board. When the house was being built the guy putting in the floors dropped cigarette ashe on the linoleum and it has a burnt spot on it. A few years later I put linoleum tiles over that linoleum. After a few months a hole started to appear where that cigarette burn was and now it is completely ripped through. So now I want to put down real tile. My question is is it okay to just lay the tile board/cement board, whatever you call it, over those two layers of linoleum or should I rip out one or both layers? I figure tile board is thick enough to keep that cigarette burn from tearing through, but I want to do this right this time and not have any problems.