I have never seen this stuff in my 34 years of floor installation. What is it?
Rubber back vinyl
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No idea.
You're talking like this wasn't your standard cushion back vinyl from days of old. I recall they made some cushioned back vinyls that were like a quarter inch thick. No way were you going to roll a refrigerator on it.
I recall seeing a product like that about 15 years ago.... New material. It was a cushioned back, but nothing remotely like what you showed.
I recall seeing a product like that about 15 years ago.... New material. It was a cushioned back, but nothing remotely like what you showed.
Also never come across that
Would not be nice to lift if new vinyl going down but the salesman said it would come up easy
Would not be nice to lift if new vinyl going down but the salesman said it would come up easy
but the salesman told the customer it would come up easy so why are you taking so long?
Let's see I started in 1966 and if I remember right cushion floor came out around that time, between 66 and 68 when I worked in Minnesota. I moved to Michigan and got out of vinyl in 68.
The woman said the carpet we pulled up was 50 years old so that will make it around 1972.
That’s if the carpet and vinyl were installed at the same time.
That’s if the carpet and vinyl were installed at the same time.
Good man! Carpet belongs in the dumpster.
#carpetsucks 
Not as bad at 9 or 10 bucks a yard.
Carpet stretches, vinyl don't....
.... unless you have darris's vinyl kicker.
Been so long since I’ve done carpet that I would hurt if I did it again. $9 or $10 a yard sounds nice but I’m thinkin $1.75 or more per sq ft for floating floors sounds better than $9 or $10 a yard 
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The carpet one store I work for raised carpet install rates from $4.50 to $6.50/ yard
I was pushing for $8 but $6.50 is better than a sharp stick in the eye. Boxed steps went from $4/ step to $8/ step. Minimum install charge went from $125 to $200.
The other day I had a 12 x 12 room with rip up and three pieces of furniture, it paid $290
I would still rather do hard surface flooring any day but at least when I do have to do carpet ,
I can make a halfway decent buck.
I was pushing for $8 but $6.50 is better than a sharp stick in the eye. Boxed steps went from $4/ step to $8/ step. Minimum install charge went from $125 to $200.
The other day I had a 12 x 12 room with rip up and three pieces of furniture, it paid $290
I would still rather do hard surface flooring any day but at least when I do have to do carpet ,
I can make a halfway decent buck.
I think it was around $1 yd when I started
That sounds pretty good and I'm betting you had a short day..... depending on travel distance. It's rare that I'm working more than 35 miles from home.
It was the same for me. I remember doing sideline work for that and then raising it to 1.50, everybody thought I was crazy but I stayed busy on weekends and nights.
$2 yard for about 20 years. When I moved back to my hometown, I was charging $2.50, the highest in town, and I kept busy. Did not take long for the other guys to raise their prices up to mine. Had a local store offer me minimum wage, about $4 hour, and I laughed at him. I found out that was what he was paying his full time installer.
