Bathroom remodel
 

I am removing a tile floor and want to replace it with linoleum. The small
mosaic type tiles came up very easy as the concrete type leveling substrate
had deteriorated into a powder. However, now I'm left with an inch or so
difference in floor heighth between the adjacent room and a very uneven
plywood subfloor.

Thanks for any suggestions.
Lee

Cap the floor with subfloor material. Hardie backer, plywood,
wafer board, particle board. The last 2 are not great choices for
potential water in a bathroom. Your 1" difference will require 2
layers, or 1 layer on strips, or 1 and 1/8 material unless that
gets you too high.

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"Wingman" wrote in message
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I am removing a tile floor and want to replace it with linoleum.
The small mosaic type tiles came up very easy as the concrete
type leveling substrate had deteriorated into a powder. However,
now I'm left with an inch or so difference in floor heighth
between the adjacent room and a very uneven plywood subfloor.

Thanks for any suggestions.
Lee

Wingman wrote:
I am removing a tile floor and want to replace it with linoleum. The small
mosaic type tiles came up very easy as the concrete type leveling substrate
had deteriorated into a powder. However, now I'm left with an inch or so
difference in floor heighth between the adjacent room and a very uneven
plywood subfloor.

Thanks for any suggestions.
Lee



That's mortar. You can remove it with soem effort. Then install lino
underlayment.

Are you really sure you want to do this? For a room as small as an average
bathroom, put in some new tile and it won't be that much more expensive.
And a tile floor is SO much nicer than that vinyl junk.

You won't have to worry about your height difference and you'll have a MUCH
nicer finished room (assuming you do good work) than if you put down vinyl,
which just screams 'cheap' to me.

-Tim

Thanks to all,
Looks like I'm going to have to replace the plywood flooring as well.
Apparently moisture has caused it to swell and buckle. I'll be doing that
today. Just hope the damp hasn't damaged the joists.

As far as reinstalling tile, it's my mother-in-law's bathroom and she is
done with tile. I think the larger tile would be easier to keep up than the
small mosaic, but it's her house and she wants a vinyl floor and a
fiberglass shower.

Lee

"Wingman" wrote in message
...
I am removing a tile floor and want to replace it with linoleum. The small
mosaic type tiles came up very easy as the concrete type leveling substrate
had deteriorated into a powder. However, now I'm left with an inch or so
difference in floor heighth between the adjacent room and a very uneven
plywood subfloor.

Thanks for any suggestions.
Lee

God bless Plastic!



"Wingman" wrote in message
...
Thanks to all,
Looks like I'm going to have to replace the plywood flooring as well.
Apparently moisture has caused it to swell and buckle. I'll be doing that
today. Just hope the damp hasn't damaged the joists.

As far as reinstalling tile, it's my mother-in-law's bathroom and she is
done with tile. I think the larger tile would be easier to keep up than
the
small mosaic, but it's her house and she wants a vinyl floor and a
fiberglass shower.

Lee

"Wingman" wrote in message
...
I am removing a tile floor and want to replace it with linoleum. The
small mosaic type tiles came up very easy as the concrete type leveling
substrate had deteriorated into a powder. However, now I'm left with an
inch or so difference in floor heighth between the adjacent room and a
very uneven plywood subfloor.

Thanks for any suggestions.
Lee