Including the colors of it coming out the other end.
This old house, check out what I found.
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Including the colors of it coming out the other end.
used to rehab houses in grad school on the side. it was in tidewater virginia so lots of super super old houses. Of our guys, I had the this old house bug the most and I'd demo all the additions carefully and get a full picture of what was what.... it was crazy how often things were super good down below and how we could go back to original IF I was willing to scrape and sand and heat gun etc.. We reused trim and just about every floor, when we couldn't we had a container that we'd keep any 'good' stuff we demoed and we'd weave it in other places...
I had a place in kentucky that i rented, then the lady who owned it paid me to rehab it, I lived in 6 different places in her apts during those two years! most had 6 layers of carpet in them... all crappy carpet. the place had a big rodent problem (initially) I'd lay on my couch and throw baseballs at them while grading papers.
good luck with your place... listen to the little voice who whispers 'do it right' and ignore the 'ah eff it' voice. never make big decisions when you are tired and it is late. just pack up and get at it tomorrow.
I had a place in kentucky that i rented, then the lady who owned it paid me to rehab it, I lived in 6 different places in her apts during those two years! most had 6 layers of carpet in them... all crappy carpet. the place had a big rodent problem (initially) I'd lay on my couch and throw baseballs at them while grading papers.
good luck with your place... listen to the little voice who whispers 'do it right' and ignore the 'ah eff it' voice. never make big decisions when you are tired and it is late. just pack up and get at it tomorrow.
The normal method is by the flooring pattern. There weren't that many makers of the stuff and the pattern and size of square in the pattern often tells you. The other is still pull up a section and put it under a microscope to check for fibers.
What has been noted by others is also true, after all these years, that adhesive is likely into the wood and would require sanding to restore the wood flooring which would take hiring a hazmat company to do safely unless you have such equipment.
If the floor is sound and flat, just install a hardwood floor over it while you restore the original flooring elsewhere in the house. It will not match perfectly, but you can get close. It might cause a raised floor in relation to the other areas which requires a transition to make work, but it is done often.
Muddyshoes
Tele-Holic
I own a few rental properties one of them is a duplex built in 1951 and the quality of construction and materials used are so much better. My wife at some point wants to down size and sell the house and renovate one of the sides back to it's original condition and in we go.....I don't know if up for that one though.
I recall out running through a new upscale neighborhood and seeing several of the large homes being constructed. I stopped once and spoke to the builder who told me that new homes today have a 30 year life expectency. Everything is built for show and not a very high quality. Homes used to be built to stand for generations and reaching 100 years was common.
I live in a 2.5 story four square house built by the railroad in 1860. The structure is over-built to the point that Tim Allen couldn't do better. Hell, the floor joists are redwood timbers! Too bad it still needs the bathroom and kitchen updated as both were last done in 1979.
27 year tile installer.
How many kitchen floors have I done where the wood floor in the kitchen was refinish-able under layers and layers of luan and linoleum ?
1 or 2 out of dozens and dozens.
How many kitchen floors have I done where the wood floor in the kitchen was refinish-able under layers and layers of luan and linoleum ?
1 or 2 out of dozens and dozens.
That's fascinating, because it's the opposite of the norm in my experience with 1900-1930 A&C houses. In that era, oak was typically used on the first floor. It had some pronounced grain, house guests would see that, oak was 'trendy' in the house and furniture designs of the period, and it was durable. Pine or fir was typically used on the second floor. It often had a plainer grain, only the family saw it, and it was less durable.
Got a picture of the house? I dig 'em.
Twofingerlou
Tele-Holic
Good to know, I’ll probably just get the rest of the floor down to this layer and say screw it.
String Tree
Doctor of Teleocity
Hazardous Materials.
Be careful.
Be careful.
littlebadboy
Tele-Afflicted
Would you still have that paper by chance?
mr natural
Friend of Leo's
A buddy of mine bought an apartment building and asked me if I would come over and help him rip up old crappy carpet. The whole building had 3 layers of carpet over original gorgeous 1870s wide board wood floors. It took days. The wood was riddled with staples and nail holes. He covered them with cheap laminate. What a shame.
Willie Johnson
Friend of Leo's
Thread title reminds me of my late uncle, a carpenter, who said that if Bob Villa ever showed up to one of his job sites, he'd nail him to the frame of the house upside down.
Harry Styron
Friend of Leo's
You might find a place under a cabinet or a refrigerator where you can lift up some the the linoleum and find out what kind of adhesive is holding it down. Sentinel makes a product for removing it that costs about $25 per gallon. If its the black adhesive, it's called "black cutback" and it is tough stuff. There are a lot of YouTube videos about how to remove it.
Looks good to me. That deserved a trim color around the white. Thanks!
It's amazing how floor installers always want to put layers of underlayment over the old stuff. To me that's a band aid.
Happens with roofs too, but the roofers are happy to take the old stuff off.
bettyseldest
Friend of Leo's
Our house was about 15 years old when we bought it. For the first five years it had been a show house, and had been redecorated by the developer every few months. When I stripped the wallpaper in the living room I found four layers of wallpaper. A dado rail had then been fitted on top of the wallpaper. Then six more layers of wallpaper, each layer having one design below the rail and another above it. Some layers had also been painted. Using a steam stripper, it took me over 40 hours to strip a 22x12 room. I covered the walls in lining paper, then emulsioned. That was 21 years ago. It might be time to redecorate soon. Maybe not.
cigarman513
Tele-Meister
the adhesive for sure is. Honestly, its no danger in its condition. So dont worry. But for resale value get a company to get rid of it.. Or just go over it.
cigarman513
Tele-Meister
get it tested, bring a sample somewhere. I'm a contractor. I'm personally not afaid of it. But I don't touch it. WAY too much liabilty. If you DIY, dispose of it in a way you don't stick it to someone else.
JL_LI
Poster Extraordinaire
I live in a house that’s more than 200 years old. We just had an attic to basement renovation. It was fun to look through the layers of paint to see what colors were used. The kitchen was done 12 years ago and the number of layers of flooring was astounding. We have tavaterra over the original hardwood now but surprise of surprises, the kitchen, downstairs bath, and dressing room on the second floor were added onto the original house. The town has no floor plans but lists the house as being the size of the original structure but it still has a valid certificate of occupancy. We even got a tax reduction based on the original house.
