On Dec 18, 7:49*pm, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:31:59 -0800 (PST), Ivan
wrote:

I know the lineoleum will have to come up and be replaced, but what am
I likely to find under it?

Newspapers?!

Seriously. I once found newspapers under linoleum flooring, dating the
50's. *Only reason we could figure was to stop draft from under the
floors, like insulation.

Newspaper stops the linoleum from sticking to the floor.