Folks,

The other day I started a project to remove old, ugly and cracked
ceramic tile in the powder room. The ceramic tile was cemented to a
plywood underlayment. Today, while trying to pry up the underlayment
I found this:

http://v65.freeshell.org/subfloor_mess.jpg

It seems the underlayment is glued, nailed and screwed to the subfloor
or perhaps another thinner underlayment. Can't really tell. I only
mention this because I would have assumed the previous owner would
have placed the underlayment atop the vinyl tile and then the ceramic
tile atop the underlayment.

This supposedly simple job is beginning to turn into a BIG mess.

Any ideas of how to proceed?

TIA!

Greg
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