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Ashton · 07-06-2003, 11:42 PM

Well, it depends how well the linolium is glued down...... My house was built in 1929 and the linolium was glued down with some super duper glue invented by the ancients..... if you can get the linolium to come off it's a easy job, you just sand down the floor (APITA) or use floor leveling compound to smooth the floor out......

If the linolium won't come off....... well, that really is APITA! you have to do what I did and pull up the first layer of floor and replace it with new plyboard..... then use floor leveling compound to smooth over the cracks and nail holes....

If you don't care about the thickness of the floor you can always go over the whole floor with 1/4 inch plyboard and then use floor leveling compound.... but that raises the floor and after you tile your floor will have a ledge at the adjoining rooms....

My advice would be to replace the top layer of floor if you can't get the linolium off...... and if it comes off, to smooth the floor with floor leveling compound......

Once you get the floor smoothed out it's just a matter of laying the tile....

The hardest part is picking out the tile!

APITA = A Pain In The Ass

07-06-2003, 11:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ashton PORNHOUND Location: California	Well, it depends how well the linolium is glued down...... My house was built in 1929 and the linolium was glued down with some super duper glue invented by the ancients..... if you can get the linolium to come off it's a easy job, you just sand down the floor (APITA) or use floor leveling compound to smooth the floor out...... If the linolium won't come off....... well, that really is APITA! you have to do what I did and pull up the first layer of floor and replace it with new plyboard..... then use floor leveling compound to smooth over the cracks and nail holes.... If you don't care about the thickness of the floor you can always go over the whole floor with 1/4 inch plyboard and then use floor leveling compound.... but that raises the floor and after you tile your floor will have a ledge at the adjoining rooms.... My advice would be to replace the top layer of floor if you can't get the linolium off...... and if it comes off, to smooth the floor with floor leveling compound...... Once you get the floor smoothed out it's just a matter of laying the tile.... The hardest part is picking out the tile! APITA = A Pain In The Ass