Peel n' stick flooring for kitchen... rip up the old?

[Hossenfeffer]

Fiancee goin nuts in the kitchen before the wedding. Wants lay down a peel n' stick floor. Now she's wondering if she should be ripping up the 30 year old yellow linoleum or just stick the new stuff right on.

From all I can gather, the linoleum is fairly sound. No squooshy spots that I can find.

 

[notfred]

My dad would hate you But anyway, if it was my place, I'd pull it up... but then I'd put down real tile or oak. I really don't care for linoluem, even if it's cheap.

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

Rip it up unless you want to do it again in a few months.

 

[todpod]

I have seen them put in down over linoluem on tv. If you do make sure is is very clean, they make has used some sort of conditioner on it to, I don't remember. Best bet however is to tear up the old.

 

[shiner]

Blech......pull it up and put down some real tile. Cheap crap is cheap for a reason.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

I believe those sorts of adhesive flooring are designed to go over the existing floor. If you tear up the existing linoleum, you will likely have to sand down all of the old adhesive in order to insure a good surface for the new flooring to adhere to.

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
I believe those sorts of adhesive flooring are designed to go over the existing floor. If you tear up the existing linoleum, you will likely have to sand down all of the old adhesive in order to insure a good surface for the new flooring to adhere to.

Yeah, you never know what down below the surface. The floor could be rotted. You could have uneven concrete laid down. Better not to mess with it and paste it over. Worry about removing it when you get a real floor.

 

[Pepsi90919]

RTFM?

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I would put this pull and peel stuff.. Who gives a damn about doing it right? It's just a fvcking kitchen.

 

[anno]

I think you need to put an underlayment (that's what it sounds like, I dunno if that's how you spell it) first, for it to be perfect..

at least.. the one time we replaced a vinyl floor, in the other house.. that's what they did.. put down an underlayment (looked like masonite to me) first then put the new floor on top of that.

 

[Ornery]

You can prep the existing floor for that peel and stick. It would be a fine base for it, but why bother? You can get one piece vinyl for $1.00 per sq. ft., and it's not that hard to install after you make a template.

 

[VirginiaDonkey]

anno is correct...I did my kitchen just like that.

used an underlayment on top of the existing tiles to fill in the design. smoothed it out after it dried and just stuck the new tiles on top. worked great.


the underlayment is not cheap though. ~$70 a gallon