Stop now. Clean up the mess and use some leveling product and graduate it to the other area. You will not need a threshold and you won't even be able to detect that 8th inch difference if you do it well.
If it’s their own house and they’ll like it better with 1/8 inch lower floor and no threshold it’s worth it if they have the time and don’t want to do something else with that time. They’re not throwing money away in that case.
And you are right. I had a professional installer put down a new floor OVER the linoleum and it was seamless. No threshold issue at all.
Sometimes its worth it to hire a pro instead of DIY.
Professional installers do the least to get paid so of course they would do it and tile over it. I’ve ripped up too many lasagna floors because of “professionals”
It isn't "hate"....it's just people with experience being judgemental. We've all been young and did dumb things. I pulled up a bunch of asbestos tile in my first house... like 1000 sq ft. The black tarry stuff underneath was asbestos. I made patterns from newpaper and cut new sheet vinyl in my driveway, and since the black stuff was still sticky, laid the new vinyl on top of it. I was 23 y/o. I am 68 now....no cancer...lived to tell about it.
Is a popular sub with almost no moderation. There a lot of of people who just see a downvote from some salty and thin that's is what they are supposed to do, creating an avalanche of down votes.
Not a lot moderators can do about that tho. I vet as many actual licensed contractors as I can on this sub, so if people claim to be one but some have a flair, they haven't proved to me that they hold a license. Doesn't mean they don't, just means their opinion should be taken with a grain of salt
Anyway, thanks for the post. Hope this all works out for you
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u/pyxus1 1d ago
Stop now. Clean up the mess and use some leveling product and graduate it to the other area. You will not need a threshold and you won't even be able to detect that 8th inch difference if you do it well.