On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:56:52 -0800 (PST), jamesgangnc
wrote:

On Feb 10, 9:27*pm, bpuharic wrote:
OK here's what we got

looking at tile or vinyl for the bathroom. current floor is vinyl on
some type of wood floor.

home depot says take the gloss off the vinyl, then mastic, then
backerboard, then mastic then tile

lowe's guy says for vinyl, put down skin coat to fill lines in the
vinyl, then put town self adhering vinyl. *

lowe's guy also says for tile, put down a membrance to cover the
vinyl, then mastic, then tile. membrane is moisture barrier and fills
in lines in the vinyl

any comments? Thanks all

Renmove the vinyl.

If you want new vinyl check the subfloor condition. If it's pretty
good you can patch any small problems with leveling filler. If it's
crappy put down a layer of 1/4" luan board.

If you want tile then if all you have is a subfloor you need to put
down 1/2" backer board motared and screwed to the subfloor. If you
have a wood floor on top of a subfloor and it it pretty solid you can
use the 1/4" backer borad instead.

thanks much...