Thick goo for sticking vinyl tiles to screeded floor?

[AL_n]

What kind of adhesive would one use to stick vinyl floor tiles to a screeded floor? Self-adhesive tiles won't work, because the screed just isn't smooth enough for them to stick to.

Back in the 1960's I watched a guy sticking Marley tiles to my parents' screeded kitchen floor using what looked like molten bitumen. The finished job was excellent and extremely durable; it has lasted to this day. I don't want to get involved with melting bitumen if I can help it; hopefully there is something nowadays that can be spread straight from the can, that will fill in any minor pits in the screeding. Can anyone recommend anything?

TIA

Al

[Cod Roe]

I'd use:

if the floor isn't smooth enough, you'll have problems, I'd do something about that first, using something like:

[Tim Watts]

And if you ever want to take the tiles up and lay stone, it's a bitch because you'll have to get it all off (nearly impossible, short of grinding the floor).

I'd stick with a rubberised glue.

[NT]

Its only necessary to get enough off for the adhesive to stick.

NT

[Tim Watts]

Not with bitumen - it all has to come off, or take your chances with more bitumen and blinding sand.

What you say applies to rubber-glue (evostik type) but definately not bitumen which is the basatrd from hell if you need to deal with it :(

I had to use a floor grinder to take a few mm of screed off along with the bitumen crap on top, which is not something you want to do in a house that is not an empty building site. Come to think of it, it's not a lot of fin in a house that is a building site - trust me...

The reason I know bitumen is unstable is some jokers tried to put SLC on top and the bond sheared with a few seasons temperatur cycles. I don;t think cement tile adhesive would fare any better...