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OT Sticky floor tile question
In my rental house there is a block vinyl tile floor that has sticky back tiles. (I did not install them, they were there when I bought the house.) Some of them are coming loose and pouching up. I there something I can pour under them to rejuvenate the glue? Or, how would you remove them and replace them, I have spares. Thanks in advance.
Re: OT Sticky floor tile question
Heat gun, lift with wide, stiff putty knife.
Lately, I have been using the Click- Lock tiles from HD and just laying them over the old tiles.
Re: OT Sticky floor tile question Thanks, and DOHH!
I am beginning to worry about my mental capacity. I have CRS on overload. (Can't Remember Stuff) I recently bought a pickup load of Click Lock vinyl flooring at a freight auction and had half of it installed in flip house and gave the other half to my son for a room he is finishing in his basement. Never dawned on me I could install it over this block tile.
I think I will see if I can get one more cycle out of the block tile and then go for the Click Lock stuff.
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Barry, a flooring installer years ago told me that in general they avoid the pre-glued tile since it’s obviously geared towards homeowners. However, he said that when they do have to lay it, they ignore the fact that it’s pre-glued, and just use standard vinyl floor tile adhesive. You could do the same to re-glue the loose tiles.
Jason
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How about laminate flooring? A while back I was asked by a local carpet store in town to install laminate flooring. They had people that installed carpeting and roll linolium flooring but laminate flooring requires carpentry skills that they did not have. The only disadvantage I see in laminate flooring is by the edges. The flooring expands and contracts differently then the floor it is covering. It is called a floating floor because you first put down a very thin sheet of plastic film that the floor will sit on and slide, with temperature changes, as needed. If the room has baseboard moldings they must be removed before the flooring is installed. If the room does not have baseboard moldings you will have to install them after the flooring is installed. You will need many pieces of 1" by 1" by 1/4" Masonite or plywood. These pieces are placed along each wall to space the flooring a little bit away from the walls. Install the floor and then replace the moldings with the moldings just sitting on the floor. Now as the floor expands or contracts it will move a little but with the moldings, the movement will not be seen.
Also, laminate flooring comes in many beautiful colors and styles.
Re: OT Sticky floor tile question Thanks, and DOHH!
I suffer from a combined CRS and TMJ (Too Much Junk) Syndrome. When they come up with a I am sure the commercial will have a bunch of old farts dancing in a scrap yard.
3M 77 spray adhesive will work.
The problem with rental houses...
This house was built in 1980. I could easily update the cabinets and the flooring. I have installed a few acres of laminate flooring but somehow it seemed funner a few years ago. The cabinet doors and drawer fronts are some sort of very thin vinyl over MDF and I have patched them up a few times. Would not be hard to remake them If I can find some Wood grained melamine on MDF. The problem would be how to reface the cabinets. I need some industrial quality vinyl to laminate on them.
The other side of the coin is to see if I can get another cycle out of what I have. Not trying to sell the house and I don't think freshening up the cabinets will raise the rent. And If I put fresh cabinets or even fresh faces on them the next tenants will knock all the freshness off them and I may have to do it again if I decide to sell.
Thanks for all the suggestions...
TMJ...
TMJ...I decided to start throwing one thing away each day...anything...so day one I threw away some little thing, day two, the same...Etc... on about day four I looked in my trash can and thought "Here's something I might use someday"... put it back on the shelf and that was the end of that. I find stuff that I don't know where it came from or why I have it or what I thought I might do with it. Oh well, I don't like my kids all that well anyway, let them deal with it.
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I concur with using vinyl floating laminate flooring. I just finished a bathroom and it looks almost more real than real wood. They make a kit that includes both 1/4" and 1/2" spacers for along the wall, as well as blocks to use to tap the planks into a tight fit. There are a number of videos on Youtube that show all the techniques for a professional looking floor.
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When I was doing laminate flooring manufacturers did not recommend the flooring for bathrooms. There was concern that water would get under it and do damage. And, in those days the laminate flooring was not snap together. I had to brush a water soluble adhesive into the grooves. Sometimes I could just tap the flooring pieces into place with a piece of wood and a hammer. Sometimes I had to use a strap with a ratchet to pull the laminate pieces into place. Then, I had to sponge away any adhesive that was squeezed out of the joints.
Re: OT Sticky floor tile question... wet floors
When I was doing inspections I ran into several houses that had had flooding problems. In one a water heater failed and flooded the whole first floor. In another the plumbing in the ceiling leaded and flooded the first floor. In another there was a real flood and river water got into the house. In each case you could walk around and hear the water squishing under the floors. Perhaps the most interesting was a brand new house where a Real Estate agent got water out of the in the door ice and water dispenser and the valve failed to shut off because of sand coming out of the well. In every case there was tens of thousands of damage.