Monday evening. The paper covers the gross adhesive still covering the subfloor. Now we have to decide - cork or marmoleum? I am still hoping for a black and white diamond pattern. Here are the flooring criteria: 1. soft to walk on, 2. environmentally friendly, 3. good looking, 4. fairly easy to install (without too many layers making the kitchen floor too much higher than the dining room floor), 5. fairly easy maintenance, 6. not break-the-bank expensive. Suggestions?
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Backbreaking, but you will really appreciate the new floor! Hope to see the new floor before long.
momsie
This made me want to start on some of our projects that have been put off. Looking forward to hearing what you do next.
The guys who replaced the carpet in my basement used one of those flat shovel things to remove tiles, too. Speaking of which, there was a shuffleboard pattern in the old flooring - you have a nice, long kitchen?
I'm interested in the marmoleum, but not sure about cost?
You guys sure are handy! Does the tile also go under the cabinets? If so, do you just leave that? I was wondering because we aren't huge fans of the pink tile in our kitchen. We know where to go when we want to remove it!
I think the black/white diamond sounds perfect!
Thanks for the comments! The tile does go all the way under the cabinets. Mr. Burli used an angle grinder to cut it after removing the toe kick boards. Technically we should replace the toekick boards and add a quarter-round to cover the gap, but we would have to order more board to match, etc., so we are thinking of just running the baseboard along there. Still deciding on that!
Oh, and the marmoleum is pretty expensive, but since we will save on labor, maybe it is worth it?
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