We did a reno a couple of years ago, and replaced all our vinyl flooring with tile. We never did it ourselves though.
The guy we got would not hear of putting tile over vinyl.
Our house was about 15 years old at the time, so it had Kboard. We had a demolition crew rip all of that out.
Then the tile guy put down plywood, glued and screwed it. He does not offer guarantees on his work if he has not done the work.
Then he marked the whole floor in squares, with that chalk stuff. And he made sure not to have 1" pieces of tile anywhere. Maybe the size of our rooms etc helped with that. Anyhow, there is no small piece of tile like that in the kitchen, the nook, back entrance, bathroom or hallway. And actually, except for having to put another thin piece of tile on the kickboard by a work desk, our rooms were square!!!
Then he did all the cutting for any tiles that could not be laid in one piece and he installed those first. And after that, because the floor was all chalked off in squares, he could lay tile wherever he wanted, making it somewhat convenient for us to walk while the laid tiles dried.
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