Hi:

My answers to some of the questions raised didn't get posted for some
reason.

To answer the questions: the "tiles" were some kind of plastic. They seem
to be the "stick on" type where you peel off a backing sheeting before
applying.

The "paper" I found was one (or, maybe two) large sheets.

To the person who mentioned "slip sheets" I would like to have more of a
memory dump from you.

I hope this post "makes it."

Thanks for your thoughts so far.

JLG



"John Gilmer" wrote in message
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Yesterday, we pulled the 12" square tile squares off a bathroom floor.
We
have owned the place for almost 20 year but we don't know how much longer
than that the tile was in place.

Anyway, it seems that these is "paper" between the tiles and the
sub-floor.

Was this common practice in the past? I will say that the "paper" made
it
easy to pick up the old tiles. The paper is stuck to the subfloor here
and
there but most of it scrapes up. The paper didn't seem to absorb
moisture
unlike the masonite underlayment that the kitchen the same house used.

If I knew what the stuff was, I would be tempted to put down "paper"
again.