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More on kitchen remodeling
Aug. 7th, 2005 02:12 pmA couple of questions:
First, for anyone on my FL - anyone have experience taking up old linoleum/vinyl floor tile? We've got 12" square tile that's so old that the surface is worn off. We want to take it off the kitchen floor. I don't know where to start - hints, suggestions or pointers?
Second, for anyone with experience in the Mpls/St Paul, MN, area - talking to my dad just now, he suspects that the floor underneath the tile referenced above is the original oak floor. If that is true, we're considering re-finishing it instead of putting down new seamless linoleum. Anyone have any recommendations for hardwood floor refinishers?
The theory is that we're going to get up three or four of the existing tiles, and then clean off / sand down to the bare wood to see what's there. Then decide which way we're going to jump. Regardless, we're assuming we'll have to put some kind of tile / linoleum in the back entry / pantry - that's a remodel where they took the pre-existing porch and turned it into a three-quarter bath / small entry / pantry area, and we know the floor in the bathroom is not hardwood!
First, for anyone on my FL - anyone have experience taking up old linoleum/vinyl floor tile? We've got 12" square tile that's so old that the surface is worn off. We want to take it off the kitchen floor. I don't know where to start - hints, suggestions or pointers?
Second, for anyone with experience in the Mpls/St Paul, MN, area - talking to my dad just now, he suspects that the floor underneath the tile referenced above is the original oak floor. If that is true, we're considering re-finishing it instead of putting down new seamless linoleum. Anyone have any recommendations for hardwood floor refinishers?
The theory is that we're going to get up three or four of the existing tiles, and then clean off / sand down to the bare wood to see what's there. Then decide which way we're going to jump. Regardless, we're assuming we'll have to put some kind of tile / linoleum in the back entry / pantry - that's a remodel where they took the pre-existing porch and turned it into a three-quarter bath / small entry / pantry area, and we know the floor in the bathroom is not hardwood!
