The idiot that owned my house before me covered the Oak flooring in the hall
with glue down vinyl tiles. {A section 4'x12'.) Is it worth trying to
remove the tiles and refinishing or should I just pull the entire floor and
start over?
Suggestions?

Dave

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.



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"Goedjn" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:10:25 -0800, "Teamcasa"
wrote:

The idiot that owned my house before me covered the Oak flooring in the
hall
with glue down vinyl tiles. {A section 4'x12'.) Is it worth trying to
remove the tiles and refinishing or should I just pull the entire floor
and
start over?

If it's real 3/4" oak, you might as well try. You can always pull it
up later. If the glue binds up sandpaper, try dry-ice and a wide
chisel.

I'm not sure I would try dry ice.

I would try, in this order
-Scraper alone
-scraper then a solvent for the adhesive
-scraper then heat scrape for the remaining glue

One you get off what you can I would then sand and refinish.

Its a lot of elbow grease but may be worth it in the end. On the other hand,
maybe they were trying to cover a problem. Good luck.

Teamcasa wrote:
The idiot that owned my house before me covered the Oak flooring in the
hall
with glue down vinyl tiles. {A section 4'x12'.) Is it worth trying to
remove the tiles and refinishing or should I just pull the entire floor
and
start over?

Goedjn replied
If it's real 3/4" oak, you might as well try. You can always pull it
up later. If the glue binds up sandpaper, try dry-ice and a wide
chisel.

"No" said:
I'm not sure I would try dry ice.

I would try, in this order
-Scraper alone
-scraper then a solvent for the adhesive
-scraper then heat scrape for the remaining glue

One you get off what you can I would then sand and refinish.

Its a lot of elbow grease but may be worth it in the end. On the other
hand, maybe they were trying to cover a problem. Good luck.
The flooring is 1/2"x 2" solid Oak strips. Nailed. Good point about the
vinyl covering a bad part. I've already replace one section in front of the
bathroom door.
Solvent - Heat gun - In the house? I'm not so sure its worth that much
trouble.

Thanks
Dave



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A few years ago I rehabbed a 75 year old house, one bed room 12X14 had two
layers of peel and stick 12" tiles covering beautiful 3/4" oak floor. Once I
removed all the tiles I spent the next two days on my ass with a razor
scraper and a bottle of simple green and lots of course steel wool. Was it
worth it...you bet it was....after sanding and refinishing with stain and
water based poly it looks like a million dollars. I did all the floors in
the house and this was by far the hardest but it was well worth it. Good
luck.
Muff


"Teamcasa" wrote in message
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The idiot that owned my house before me covered the Oak flooring in the
hall
with glue down vinyl tiles. {A section 4'x12'.) Is it worth trying to
remove the tiles and refinishing or should I just pull the entire floor
and
start over?
Suggestions?

Dave

--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.



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I am no expert on these matters, but one thing I always forget to
calculate into my projects is the cost of my own labor, trips to stores
(including $ for gas), headaches, long delays, etc.