On Fri, 19 May 2006 00:50:05 -0400, "larry" wrote:

Hello to the group. I am going to redo my entire kitchen, while shopping for
the vinyn sheet goods (new name for lineoleum sp?). The salesman told me
that the new 1/4 inch underlayment I was going to put down with screws
should be stapled and the staples should be spaced every 1 inch along the
edges and every 4 inches in the field of the sheet. This means a hell of a
lot of staples in an L shaped floor (approx 250 sq. ft.). Is he correct or
blowing smoke up my butt? Would I be better off using ring shanked nails and
maybe construction adheasive? What spacing should I use for nails or even
screws? I give thanks to the group for any help you can give me. Larry

You may want to check out the new vinyl flooring that need not be
glued down. It is fiberglass backed instead of cardboard backed.
It also comes 4 meter wide, about 13 feet. Maybe a little belt sanding
and self leveling stuff would be good enough. At least if you saw a
bump or hollow telegraph thru the flooring you could just roll it up
and fix it.