Laying engineered wood flooring over vinyl flooring?

[not2nerdy4u]

Can engineered wood flooring be installed on vinyl flooring?

I'm in the middle of home improvement project and have decided to lay some engineered wood flooring for my kitchen. The particular brand that I've bought requires glue-down installation.

The problem is, there's vinyl flooring that's been laid with cutback and it's not going to come up without a significant amount of work and then re-preparation of the sub flooring. I've been to the local home improvement center several times and can't really get a straight answer as to if this is possible. I've searched the Internet and its about 50-50 yes and no.

I'd really like anybody's input into my situation, as I am under a little bit of a time constraint to finish the project as this is my new house and I've got to move out of my old house in in a week.

Thanks in advance to your answers!

[James R]

This isn't identical to your situation, but I've put down laminate (like Prego) flooring over vinyl flooring in my kitchen and in my foyer. The laminate isn't glue down, it floats on top of a moisture barrier layer that I put down on top of the vinyl.

If the engineered wood needs to go down on top of the vinyl, I would clean the vinyl real good then put the engineered wood on top of it.