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Posted by Lot-o-fun on February 11, 2007, 12:01 pm
We recently moved into our house, which was built in 1974. The vinyl
sheet floor in the kitchen looks to be original. The flooring seems
to be lifting up along a rectangular pattern, with lines making 4 foot
squares (approximately). Any thoughts about what might be causing
this? The floor is pretty ugly, so we were thinking of replacing it
anyway...maybe this will be the straw that tips us into doing that
project.
Thanks!
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Posted by Lawrence on February 11, 2007, 12:15 pm
> We recently moved into our house, which was built in 1974. The vinyl
> sheet floor in the kitchen looks to be original. The flooring seems
> to be lifting up along a rectangular pattern, with lines making 4 foot
> squares (approximately). Any thoughts about what might be causing
> this? The floor is pretty ugly, so we were thinking of replacing it
> anyway...maybe this will be the straw that tips us into doing that
> project.
>
> Thanks!
It is just very old and the adhesive has failed. It sounds like a
complete replacement is in your future. You can either: 1. tear off
all of the crappy material and scrape off the glue or 2. leave the
material in place and screw 1/4" plywood over it and into the floot
joists, they call it Luan if I recall.
I favor covering with plywood. This is less work than tearing off and
scraping down. It also give a surface which can be more easily
removed for future upgrages. Sheet vinyl is the typical replacement
in your situation but many flooring options are available.
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Posted by on February 11, 2007, 1:41 pm
> We recently moved into our house, which was built in 1974. The vinyl
> sheet floor in the kitchen looks to be original. The flooring seems
> to be lifting up along a rectangular pattern, with lines making 4 foot
> squares (approximately). Any thoughts about what might be causing
> this? The floor is pretty ugly, so we were thinking of replacing it
> anyway...maybe this will be the straw that tips us into doing that
> project.
>
1974, and 4-foot squares? I bet it is put down over particle board
underlayment over plywood subfloor. (4-foot squares because particle board
is damn heavy, and cutting the sheets in half was a common trick to make
manuvering in tight quarters easier.) Is there a floor heat register or
carpet transition strip or door threshold you can pull up and take a peek?
Flooring store will probably recommend joint leveling compound and/or luan
plywood layer, to avoid future telegraphing. If raised floor level isn't a
problem, that is a workable solution. Ideal solution is pull up the existing
floor down to bare plywood, but that will be expensive if the base cabinets
were put in after the underlayment and/or vinyl, as was common back then. If
you overlay, be very careful around diswasher, expecially if you go for a
fancy thick floor, like ceramic. Real easy to trap those suckers in there.
Best to pull the dishwasher out and run the new floor under it, if there is
enough space under the countertop, and enough travel on the adjustable legs.
Make sure to seal the back and side edges of the dishwasher cubbyhole. When
the dishwasher leaks (and many do, at end of life), a waterproof floor with
no low spots will make the leak visible, with no path to put water under the
top layer of the floor, which leads to rot and stink. (BTDT, not fun or
cheap to fix.)
aem sends...
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