Question for flooring guys
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12/17/21 08:01 AM
12/17/21 08:01 AM
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I am in the process of a complete rehab in my kitchen for a 1964 ranch house on a slab. The floor is covered with a peel an stick. tile and i am unable to get any kinda leeway in removing it
A long handled floor scrapper isnt working very well as the tile has become part of the cement slab now after almost 60 yrs of being walked on.
acetone doesn't seem to penetrate enough to loosen the glue. Short of trying an air hammer an chisel would anyone have a better idea?
Flooring is never an easy job.. just trying to figure a way to do it efficiently.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Re: Question for flooring guys
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12/17/21 08:11 AM
12/17/21 08:11 AM
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J Staton
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Hammer drill with a spade type bit. Heat from a propane torch works well with vct and might work for the peel and stick.
Last edited by J Staton; 12/17/21 08:12 AM.
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Re: Question for flooring guys
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12/17/21 01:02 PM
12/17/21 01:02 PM
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Disclaimer-I am not a flooring guy! May want to consider leaving it and put flooring over the top. Also, some flooring from that era contains a lot of asbestos so if you start grinding, etc. you may want to wear a good ventilator.
Moosetrot X2 Leave it in place and cover it with the new flooring and just hope the new buyer does not find it when you sell.
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Re: Question for flooring guys
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12/17/21 01:30 PM
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X2 Leave it in place and cover it with the new flooring
and just hope the new buyer does not find it when you sell. Not a problem here. Legal to cover it even in schools. Same with lead based paint. Encapsulate it by covering with new sheet rock. If you are selling, you just need to disclose it.
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Re: Question for flooring guys
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12/17/21 03:15 PM
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I am not a flooring guy but when we pulled up a bunch of asbestos tile at work , a glue release agent was the way to go it ate right throught the wax and it was let set for a few hours the tile came up with a scraper with out breaking fro the most part and since the gel liquid kept the dust from happening it lessened the issues with the asbestos
the area was still sealed off and any one in there wore a respirator but it came up in a day
then after scraped clean to the bare of very near bare concrete underneath, moped and left to dry then new tile were laid
any time I go over flooring imperfections I regret it later that nail or screw that looked and felt flush is where the flooring wore first maybe if your using a thicker flooring over it is better
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