Oh man 🤦‍♂️ I would also would not be a fan of that install.

Maybe test for lead too?

I have a question that can be answered by both of you (The video maker and the owner of the comment I'm replying to) or anyone with experience on tnis. Does the 1/4" plywood where the Linoleum sheet was glued to needs to be replaced or is it ok (or even proper) to place the Vinyl planks directly on top of the main 3/4" subfloor? I just had Homedepot install vinyl planks on my entire second floor and they didnt replace the thin plywood in the bathrooms, they just put the planks directly on top of the subfloor. That left me a little uneasy. There is no extra layer of protection for humidity or water. The vinyl is good quality ( Lifeproof 7mm thick water proof with underlayment attached) but still it seems wrong. I think some vinyl companies requires no more than 3 layers of any kind of flooring so I'm not sure if they could've installed the Vinyl on top. Technically without the Vinyl plank I only had 3 layers: subfloor, thin subfloor and linoleum sheet. I think they wanted to finish the job quicker, so they ripped out the thin plywood with the Linoleum still glued to it instead of using the heat gun to only remove the Linoleum sheet. Can you guys give me advise on this?

@@aafunmedia It's all about the condition and quality of the sub floor. If it is level and solid the new flooring can be installed directly over it. If the top layer with linoleum (or vinyl flooring) was thin plywood then removal of glued vinyl could damage it to the point of not being worth repairing before installing the new flooring where-as removing both the vinyl and thin plywood could be a better solution if the thicker sub floor is in good shape. It could also be an issue of the height of the finished floor in relation to the adjacent flooring in other rooms. For example matching the finished flooring levels between rooms. I hope you have a good warranty if anything should go wrong but it will probably be fine as long as the new flooring was properly installed.

​@@aafunmediaYou never install a vapor barrier under LVP. It will cause mold/mildew on the underside of your LVP if there is standing water long enough to penitrate your click lock.

I like it!

Nice! I like it and thanks for the feedback 👍

just wet it thats all the abatement people do i use to do it for a few years

They tell you not to remove it so you pay them 3k to do it lol. You can do it yourself with all of the precautions they take for a few hundred bucks

@ Vincent - Did better than that. Put new flooring OVER the old lol.

Glad i came across this. We just moved into a 1948 home and out house siding has asbestos. I wish I can get it removed for it’s expensive!! Some regrets purchasing old home, but that’s a different story lol. Anyway we are doing our small kitchen on our own and the flooring is next. Didn’t think of asbestos on the floor. We might have to just put over current floor. Especially cause we have a new baby at home. What flooring did you have before and what did you do after??

@@GraceCastro54 - my old flooring was linoleum. I put down ceramic tile over the linoleum and have had zero issues. Good luck!

I have seen those for years but never pulled the trigger. Thanks for the feedback 👍

@@EverydayHomeRepairs love your videos, I refer to them constantly when doing my own work around the house or if any friends or family need a resource, I send them to your channel. Keep up the great work!

Came to say the same thing. It works amazingly well if you want to remove trim intact.

Agree, the Zenith trim puller is worth every cent if you are going to be pulling trim and it is important to be able to reuse it. Does a phenomenal job.

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I don’t use it much but when these projects come up it is a huge time saver. You can also rent one from some of the Home Depot stores

@@EverydayHomeRepairs you have informative videos and tonight was another example of educational video talking about toe kick saw

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Thanks for the feedback Sam!

How do you apply the liquid ?

@@srjr2531 I think I just used a cheap squeegee to spread it around, but I also used a lot of product to really saturate the area.

@@samuelfeguer so you just wet the linoleum then proceeded to remove it from the sub floor ?

@@srjr2531 No. I used this product to saturate the paper backing and glue left behind after peeling the linoleum off the floor.

Check it at the heat register.

Same here 😂 either that or just leave the toilet where it is??

Oh man, I ran into that dishwasher struggle many time in the past where the floor is built up too high 😡

@@EverydayHomeRepairs when my parents had the kitchen renovated the floor was taken down to the ship lap on top of the joists. They did not put the plywood floor down until after the cabinets were installed. Last week my dog peed on the floor by one of the cabinets and it pooled against the cabinet then started to drain away. I was in the basement at the time and noticed a small puddle on the floor. I was checking to see if it was from the laundry tub and then my head got dripped on. I could see a stain on the ceiling tiles and liquid dripping. My first thought was a leaking pipe to the kitchen so I cut 4 ceiling tiles out. No pipes there. Then I thought maybe the pipes to the kitchen sink were leaking. I came upstairs and found the dog pee. Would you suggest removing the cabinets and re flooring the entire kitchen then reinstalling the cabinets?

You bet!

Thanks!

Probably not a bad idea.

Fun times 😁

Out of curiosity how do you check if it's asbestos? I'm pulling up my old flooring in the bathroom and didn't even consider that but the house was built in the '80s and there are two layers.

@@jlaman19 You can break it and see asbestos fibers, or send it off to be tested. Google for testing locations.

Yes, it can be left to put vinyl overtop.

Most people just use floating vinyl plank flooring which can be installed directly on your smooth and level subfloor. I often install 1/4 plywood to make sure everything is perfectly smooth. If you install glue-down vinyl plank like I did you will need to apply the glue prior to installation.

I will put 1/4 sanded plywood on top to ensure everything is perfectly smooth prior to vinyl plank. I should have a video out after a little more work on the tub, drywall, and paint.

@@EverydayHomeRepairs what if you are putting a 12 x 24 tile, will you still replace the subfloor with 1/4 plywood?

Ended up just using a 14 inch long razor scraper with a hammer spot and went smooth. Tougher areas quick heat gun and I took me 3 hours to do 225sqft.

Yeah, if you don't pull that up your new tiles will not have a good look. Heat gun can really help scrape up the left behind paper and residue.

@@EverydayHomeRepairs ok thanks!

Make sure you get a competant company. The one my insurance company recommended were idiots. They pulled up 2 sheets of linoleum with a bottom glue layer that tested negative for asbestos. Them they pulled up a beautiful 60 year old 3/4 on oak tongue a d groove floor to leave me with the bare 45 degree subfloor with cracks in between the boards that allowed the asbestos dust from the demo to fall into my dirt basement and on everything I had stored underneath. They came back and tested the fresh dust on top of things I had just put there and found asbestos. They then spent a day cleaning the dirt in my basement under the kitchen (as if asbestos dust falls straight down) and as many items as they could, but in doing this sucked air from the basement up through the bare sub-floor in the kitchen and may be spread it throughout the house. It was a nightmare and they acted like I was just being picky. Company was out of Athens, Georgia. Be careful who you trust.

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It is in his last video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLtkhNSK2aq8Yok.html

Different video from yesterday. You can find it by going to my channel and then the video tab 👍

I’ve done worse 😂

I can't make it look smooth, it's too damaged and wavy and the video is useful for me

I’m having someone install flooring. They don’t install over the old floor. When the apartment went condo they half-assed a floor over the existing floor. That’s two floors I have to demo.

@@Lori_in_CT I'm currently putting down linoleum and tiles in apartments and sometimes they'll be 2 or three layers on floor, you can lay on top of it and it will be fine, but don't remove it if it won't come up easily

@@jurnaginThank you for the advice but as I said the company installing won’t install over existing flooring.

@@Lori_in_CT oh, be careful , I don't know you're situa but there's plenty of people,,/contractors that makes the work harder than what it is just to get more money out you, there's so many ways to get the same results,

Uh.. okay?

He enjoys what he does

It’s pretty fun tbh especially if you’re getting paid to do it

I’m getting a bit creaky at 60 and this looked like a lot of fun.

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Dude hands can be washed unless it’s something u don’t do..

​@@MistyAlago You can get infections from working with blackwater piping and getting small cuts or scrapes on your hands. So. No. Still gross.