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Removing vinyl from floorboards and laying tiles
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Bathroom floor is floorboards, with vinyl stuck down with some black glue. Want to take up the vinyl. Glue looks a bit like bitumen but it doesn't seem to soften with moderate heat. Tried flat bladed shovel, but that won't cut through the glue either. Any suggestions on getting it up? This is preparatory for laying ceramic tiles. Could the tiles be laid directly on the vinyl with some type of bonding agent under the tile adhesive? The floorboards are apparently rock solid (they're on top of a solid 19th century brick vaulted celler ceiling). Can't afford extra height of screwing a layer of ply on top of the vinyl (will create a step). -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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Removing vinyl from floorboards and laying tiles
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Posting for a friend... Bathroom floor is floorboards, with vinyl stuck down with some black glue. Want to take up the vinyl. Glue looks a bit like bitumen but it doesn't seem to soften with moderate heat. Tried flat bladed shovel, but that won't cut through the glue either. Any suggestions on getting it up? Fein multimaster with an offset scraper blade in it. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Removing vinyl from floorboards and laying tiles
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Bathroom floor is floorboards, with vinyl stuck down with some black glue. Want to take up the vinyl. Glue looks a bit like bitumen but it doesn't seem to soften with moderate heat. Tried flat bladed shovel, but that won't cut through the glue either. Any suggestions on getting it up? A grown-up scraper? http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=21102&ts=14398 Does tend to snag in the surface fibres of the floorboards though, if they aren't pretty smooth. David |
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