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- From: ss@ll.mit.edu (Stuart Scharf)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking,misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: Hardwood Floor repair
- Keywords: hardwood floors
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.195740.9456@ll.mit.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:57:40 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.160849.13166@slustl.slu.edu> guy@slustl.slu.edu (Guy Smith) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan21.215016.11711@acuson.com> worth@acuson.com (Douglas Worth) writes:
- >>- One of the previous owners decided that they did not like part of
- >>the hardwood floor and glued linoleum (sp?) down to it. What would be
- >>the best way to get it off?
- >
- >The easiest way to get the linoleum up without damaging the underlying
- >wood is probably heat. A heat gun should work ok (be careful not to
- >overheat or you will scorch the underlying wood). I've heard of people
- >using irons for such things as lifting single tiles. You will then have
- >to remove the remaining adhesive. Methylene Chloride stripper will probably
- >be required and expect to refinish the wood underneath.
- >
- >>expecting to replace some of the boards in this section. The floor is
- >>2" oak strip and I do not think that it is tongue and groove because
- >>there is lots of nails in it. Is it possible to do patch work like this
- >>or are we crazy? After we repair the damaged section we are planning to
- >
- >I can't speak to your sanity (I own an old house after all) but spot
- >replacement of strip flooring is certainly possible. Check back issues
- >of Old House Journal. It has been discussed there but I don't recall
- >the issue.
-
- Check with a knowledgeable person on the type of linoleum you have glued down.
- I am told that most older linoleum floors contain asbestos in their backing.
- Removing such might not be advised.
-
- (My kitchen floor was replaced by installing new plywood over the old
- linoleum and the new linoleum over the plywood to avoid removing the old
- material).
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