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Hardwood flooring questions
I have a few flooring questions, thanks in advance. I am renovating my
kitchen floor. The house is a New England cape that was built in 1947. My goal is remove the linoleum and have a wood floor in the kitchen. There is 2 ¼ inch red oak flooring throughout the rest of the house. When I tore up the linoleum in the kitchen I found a layer of tarpaper that has bonded to some wood flooring that is 3 ¼ inches wide. I expected the wood to be 2 ¼ as it is throughout the rest of the house. The tarpaper is very difficult to remove even with a blade scraper. Is a floor sander the best way to get this tarpaper off? I am hoping this wood is oak. Does anyone know why the builders would have installed a wider floor in the kitchen area? If this turns out to be a softer pine that was just used as an underlayment for the linoleum, would you finish it or just tear it out ( along with the ¾ inch subfloor) and put down new ¾ x 2 1/4-inch hardwood over a ¾ inch plywood subfloor? |
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