Teamcasa wrote:
The idiot that owned my house before me covered the Oak flooring in the
hall
with glue down vinyl tiles. {A section 4'x12'.) Is it worth trying to
remove the tiles and refinishing or should I just pull the entire floor
and
start over?

Goedjn replied
If it's real 3/4" oak, you might as well try. You can always pull it
up later. If the glue binds up sandpaper, try dry-ice and a wide
chisel.

"No" said:
I'm not sure I would try dry ice.

I would try, in this order
-Scraper alone
-scraper then a solvent for the adhesive
-scraper then heat scrape for the remaining glue

One you get off what you can I would then sand and refinish.

Its a lot of elbow grease but may be worth it in the end. On the other
hand, maybe they were trying to cover a problem. Good luck.
The flooring is 1/2"x 2" solid Oak strips. Nailed. Good point about the
vinyl covering a bad part. I've already replace one section in front of the
bathroom door.
Solvent - Heat gun - In the house? I'm not so sure its worth that much
trouble.

Thanks
Dave



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