If your hubby comes home w/ the tile and supplies do not let him in the house. JB must a led a good life, he was lucky! I would never think of investing the time and money to go over 20 year old felt remanent. I have been removing vinyl floors since 1967. Lots of the new trials of backs and adhesives failed or had very wide array of degrees of success. Plus old Laun has a habit of delaminating which will never stand up to the expansion needs of ceramic.Īlso the edges usually have moisture intrusion effect 2' to 4' in even on a good job.Īdditionally 1982 and shortly there after BIG changes in the sheet goods adhesive line due to the backs being changed due to asbestos removal. Plus the underlayment frequently was Laun Mahogany which I am told exudes an oil which is not thinset compatable or so I have been told.

Especially bad if chairs, microwave carts or other things with rollers were regularly moved over the vinyl surface. Condition and size of trowel tooth, porosity of the substrate, prevailing conditions during spreading, open time, quality of rolling the new vinyl, moisture intrusion etc etc etc. The degree that it is fastened securely all over varies widely. It could be held down firmly over most of the floor. What you are looking at is probably the felt backing.

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