Leejosepho
DIY scratch-pad engineer
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We live in a 75-year-old house first built and later remodeled by people who did some lasting work, and now I am not sure what to do about some (asphalt?) tiles that will not come up. The first row of squares along the outside wall come up easily, but the rest do not. Overall, we are dealing with an area about 24 feet square (24x24) that will eventually include new floorings for a bathroom, a hallway in from the garage, a bedroom, two stairway landings and an open area in front of our breakfast bar. The sub-floor is 3/4" plywood over 1x6 tongue-and-groove decking.
Except for along the wall, what you can see in the picture is the result of about 15 minutes of work with my sharpened ice chipper and a capped pipe driving it like a slide hammer, and that is definitely not the way to do this! At the moment, it looks like I am going to have to leave the tile where it is and put new floorings on top of it. The pieces are only very slightly curled along their edges, and I would imagine some kind of rasp could easily take care of that.
What is the best way to deal with these tiles that will be under a variety of new floor coverings, and what kinds of coverings other than carpet will work best on top of them?
Thank you.
Except for along the wall, what you can see in the picture is the result of about 15 minutes of work with my sharpened ice chipper and a capped pipe driving it like a slide hammer, and that is definitely not the way to do this! At the moment, it looks like I am going to have to leave the tile where it is and put new floorings on top of it. The pieces are only very slightly curled along their edges, and I would imagine some kind of rasp could easily take care of that.
What is the best way to deal with these tiles that will be under a variety of new floor coverings, and what kinds of coverings other than carpet will work best on top of them?
Thank you.