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I've been doing quite a bit of renovation on my house. Bought last year. Built in 1978. I replaced the windows with low E glass. Replaced the aluminum sliding door with a new low E glass unit. There were 2 other aluminum sliding doors. Had one replaced with 35 inch windows. The other was swapped for a swinging steel door with half glass. Added a $8000 heat pump. Money came from previous house I sold after father passed 5 years ago. Remainder of money paid for renovation.

Now I'm planning on replacing all the floors, starting with the kitchen. First though I'm having a carpenter widen the kitchen entry. It's less than 31 inches wide and we had to do some funny maneuvering to get it in.
Kitchen has sheet vinyl in brick pattern. Looks like Armstrong 5352 which is likely to contain asbestos. Covering it with 1/4 inch plywood and applying silicone caulk to exposed edge. Will glue down Shaw Hamilton Oat Hay vinyl plank 7x48 Thickness 2mm. Will be here by weekend. Nobody had the adhesive stocked so I ordered that from Lowes for an insane $55/gal. Area to cover: 130 square feet. And that won't be here till October. LOL.

Next year after income tax returns I'll shop around for flooring for living room and hallway. Leaning towards Pergo for toughness and water resistance. Have a dog. Will visit a couple flooring people. I'll do this myself though. 400 feet of coverage. Heard different stories from the carpet installers around Lancaster, Pa. Some good. Some not. Can save $1500 doing it myself.. And I have a carpenter I've been dealing with for 6 years that can help if needed.

Landing on the stairs of my bilevel house has a 3x5 foot piece of sheet vinyl. Will cover with plywood and self stick tiles. Same over the concrete at bottom of stairs.

And last but not least will be replacing dirty carpet on stairs (14 steps).

And that's the plan for now.

I need to lose the weight anyway...

Tom P.
 
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Please no self stick tile .. it is junk.. You should look at Cortec for your kitchen..
 
Nick,

I looked at Coretec but it's too thick for where I'm laying it. I have to use thin vinyl. The floor was already raised a bit before laying the sheet vinyl and I don't have much room before the threshold to the front door looks funny. I also rejected porcelain and stone for this reason. And there's potential for this floor being asbestos so tearing it up is not an option.

And I need 30 square feet for the landings 27 square feet plus 10% extra.. The problem is that Coretec's cartons are $82 (cheapest style)/28 square feet. Even if I can make it work I have no leeway for mistakes. And a second case of flooring will push me over $150 for a job I estimated at costing $50.

Armstrong tile only requires one case. If it doesn't work out I lose $27. Maybe a glue down product might work but it's hard to find glue down tiles. I got time to look at options though.

Thanks.
 
Fixing a friends Laptop that is about ready to be returned to him in a 1,000 piece Puzzle box ..:mad: It wouldn't even boot when he gave it to me ..
I got it booting into normal mode, and taking the log in password, But there is still a lot more issues with it .. Really cutting into my nap time ..

Nick how long do you reckon a Toshiba laptop should last with a lot of use?
Bought it January 2013
 
Kitchen has sheet vinyl in brick pattern. Looks like Armstrong 5352 which is likely to contain asbestos. Covering it with 1/4 inch plywood and applying silicone caulk to exposed edge. Will glue down Shaw Hamilton Oat Hay vinyl plank 7x48 Thickness 2mm. Will be here by weekend. Nobody had the adhesive stocked so I ordered that from Lowes for an insane $55/gal. Area to cover: 130 square feet. And that won't be here till October. LOL.


Tom P.
What exposed edge do you want to put silicon on? Silicone is usually applied after the flooring because adhesives won't bond to it.

Welcome to the forum Tom.
 
Nick,

I misread your comments. The self-stick is for the landing between the stairs in a bi-level. 3x5 feet. Then at the bottom of the stairs is a 3x4 area concrete floor. Will need a vapor barrier there.

The kitchen is getting Shaw glue down vinyl plank with an 8 mil wear layer.

Shaw Hamilton Oat Hay 7 in. x 48 in. Resilient Vinyl Plank Flooring.


Tom P.

self-stick is pure crap Tom.. My brother bought it for his Kitchen.. I made him take it back and get a piece of Vinyl.. See if you can pick up a small rem of Vinyl cheap..
 
I hate insurance companies. I had a vehicle towed a couple days ago. I have tow insurance. So after it is towed, I call my agent and give them the details. Then today, the main office in St Louis called me to confirm. I missed the call. Tried to call them back, can't get through the stupid menu. Called my agent, told them I am ready to drop the ins. for all 3 vehicles and the house. They finally take care of it.
 
I've had a change of heart on the self-stick. Going to go with Coretec on the landing
Any Multi Purpose Glue will do .. Use the side of the trial without the teeth ..

I took a closer look at the landing. I have exactly 1/2 inch of height and I need 16 sq. feet of material. The vinyl is probably asbestos and heavily embossed with lines. So the thickness of the Coretec should still work if I can get away without using underlayment. I'll have to check on the thickness again.

As to the bottom of the stairs with a concrete floor I'll put down some sort of ceramic tile. I have a few places to look but the size is pretty small at 3 x 4 1/2 feet. Funny thing: I looked at renting a tile cutter from the local Rental World and the price per day is more than buying one (which has good reviews) from harbor freight ($22). But the tiles are cheap and I don't need many so I'm not really concerned about the cost. Besides, somewhere down the road I'm putting tile in my bathroom so the cutter will be used again.

Maybe go shopping next weekend. This weekend I have 3 cu. yards of topsoil to say down on my back yard. 1500 feet of bare spots. Ugg!
 

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