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OK...any "easy" DYI project that is rapidly becoming a nightmare. I am in the order of half way through next to removing old, glued-down vinyl flooring in my huge kitchen. There is seriously of backing still stuck to the floor. I'm sloooowly getting it up with hot H20 and elbow grease. My grill..Do I really need to get adjectives of this completely up before I do my "press and stick" job? I know that surrounded by a perfect world I should get it immaculate, but is it really necessary. My other question...I appear to be getting a really sore throat everytime I work on this floor.is this stuff harmful to me.me cats? OK, I really am exhausted with this floor and want it DONE.Help..and please keep hold of it simple...thanks
probably too late now but you should hold just cut out any loose spots that are not adhering and bursting it with patch and put your new crust and stick over the old making sure to not line up the dated seams with the strange If i you, I gonna clean up much us possibly and instead of putting back equal lame pill and stick staff again just put laminate floor down.
Yes. Anything that is still left on the subfloor previously you "peel and stick" will show through the new tile and appear as callous bumps and ridges. A handheld floor scraper works wonders for old adhesive. They can be found at any hardware store for nearly 15$. Another more costly solution would be to lay down a new subfloor surface of 1/2" plywood or 1/4" Luan attached to the old subfloor next to screws. As stated, it would be more costly but would ensure a smooth surface for "peel and stick" installation. Good luck! Petrol if you can stand the fumes,how feeble is the house ? the reason I ask, is they used Asbestos in the elder houses.
First past its sell-by date, you do need to have everything completely past its sell-by date the floor before doing a new crust and stick. Even a small grain of dirt will leave a huge depression in a new tile. (Hint - when you're putting your exotic floor down, keep a small broom / vacuum handy so clean respectively square foot of floorspace.)
It sounds like your floor has a ton of frail glue under it. Don't use hot sea - use a heat gun. NOT a hair dryer - you'll finish off up burning that out before the job is done. That, and a moderately sharp putty knife. You get the epoxy resin warm with the boil gun, then it should just graze up easily with the putty axe, and then you scrape it sour that into a can or other disposal source.
Please note that you MUST be careful using a bake gun - you can char wood or burn yourself if you're not careful. Old glue probably doesn't enjoy asbestos in it - what you're dealing with are basically the fumes. Keep good ventilation contained by the room you're working on - open a window, put a lover up.
Removing everything by yourself will probably take an afternoon - ALL afternoon. This is not a 10 minute job.
I used a burner and scraper , if you are getting most up don't worry , it's intricate work . a heat gun will do the trick .it is a over powered hair dryer found at home depot for 15.00 and a flat razer put a bet on scraper we did 2200 square feet with no problem
Answers: yup its hard work, it looks soo flowing, but its not. ok so you asked do you really need to get adjectives the backing off . YES, because you want to install your clean tile on a smooth clean surface, and you dont want to run the risk of the new tile not sticking correctly, or have the tile come up. it really is necessary , you dont want this hard work to blow up and be ruined contained by a matter of days just create you didnt take up all the approval, buy a hand scrapper and some blades, its all you have need of to take it up.
Oh and the reason why your getting a sore throat, is because of adjectives the dirt and possible bacteria that is found on the floor from God know how long its been down, also that black tar looking stuff thats within the backing of the tile is not safe any ,,,, its not harmfull, unless you've worked with it for a loong time , say a couple of years... its not harmfull to your pets, but close to i said, it does tend to let out dirt or bacteria that might variety you sick, you should wear a face mask to cover your mouth so you dont inhale the dirt, and maintain your pets out or in a room out of the area that your working on .
moral luck!!