Are there any types of flooring that can be installed over ceramic tile

tongue and groove flooring can be put down using a trowl on adhesive over any surface

A floating floor. It is snap together wood flooring. It has a roll out insulation type fabric between the ceramic and the wood floor, we have it.

The response on laminate flooring is right on the money. Laminate flooring is also referred to as ''floating floor''. It has foam under it, and works on most surfaces. We put ours on unlevel floors in an old house, and they covered all the imperfections and looked beautiful. They are available in a lot of colors, and are very reasonable. We bought ours at Sam is Club.

My husband & I just recently had this EXACT issue! We completed the project about 5 months ago & it is doing fine. The solution? We purchased laminate flooring that required the underlayment foam-it is like a thin sponge that comes in a 100sf roll for about $25. We felt that the separate spongy layer would be a good barrier between the tile & the laminate. Some higher end laminates do not require the insulating layer; it is built in. I can not attest for whether that would work as well. The laminate we chose was a light oak & was only about $1.99 per sf. You can find products that cost even less & there r higher end products as well. We took the chance & went right over the tile with it. It looks great & it is our main bath so it gets used all the time - no problem with durability. The laminate comes in tons of designs from various woodgrain colors to tile looks & even slate looks. Ours blends with a new sink base. There r products with special profiles to handle doorways (saddles) so that the transition out of the bath works out for you. We too, dreaded ripping up the tile so this was a great fix with a wonderful result! Good Luck - we get lots of compliments on it!

although you could smooth it out and glue something over it, you really ought to rip it out. that eliminates future separation problems and will give you a better fit around fixutures, at doorway and baseboards, etc.

Rip it up. Because of ceramic tiles uneven finish it does not allow for the installation of other types of flooring unless your thinking about some types of indoor outdoor carpeting. Even then because of the glaze of the ceramic tile, adhesives will fail to hold carpeting in place over a period of time. Best thing to do is remove the tile, then re install your desired flooring. It will look clean and serve you for many years to come.