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1. Removing a linoleum floor (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gilroy <wmgilroy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:04:44 -0400
Any tips for removing a linoleum floor that is glue directly to concrete? I want to know what to expect before I start on the task. Gilroy
/html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00125.html (6,995 bytes)

2. Re: Removing a linoleum floor (score: 1)
Author: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett@centurytel.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:37:05 -0500
go to a tool renatl place and get a power scraper. If it was done right it will really be stuck. For a small room, a ahnd one will work. Looks like a straigth hoe. but it will be a lot fo work. -- Jo
/html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00126.html (7,420 bytes)

3. Re: Removing a linoleum floor (score: 1)
Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:41:44 -0400
Besides "Don't"? ;-) It depends on what was used to glue it. I removed vinyl from wood with water (after trying many petroleum-based solvents). But as concrete transfers moisture you probably have a
/html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00127.html (7,519 bytes)

4. Re: Removing a linoleum floor (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:00:14 -0700
How old is it? Tile or sheet? You might want to pull loose a piece and find an asbestos-testing lab nearby. You may have asbestos in the flooring (more common with tile, I think, than sheet) or you
/html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00128.html (8,493 bytes)

5. RE: Removing a linoleum floor (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:20:47 -0700
Or not. Short term exposure to asbestos (like for one removal job with reasonable precautions) is not especially dangerous, and if you don't know if it contains asbestos then you can treat it like i
/html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00129.html (7,628 bytes)

6. Re: Removing a linoleum floor (score: 1)
Author: Steve Dillen <sdillen@telus.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:15:33 -0700
Oh what a gawdawful ugly job that is. I've done my basement by hand...used a respirator/goggles and as much PPE as I could find to keep away from the dust because I don't actually >know< what the old
/html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00130.html (7,562 bytes)

7. Re: Removing a linoleum floor (score: 1)
Author: "Patricia Lane" <lane495@mwsi.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 07:27:19 -0500
A few years ago I had the same task to accomplish. I ended up using a heat gun to loosen the vinyl and a large razor scraper to remove the "goo" left on the concrete. Patricia
/html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00131.html (7,281 bytes)


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