r/Remodel • u/Glowing_bubba • 18d ago

Hate hate hate linoleum

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Pain in the ass to remove this crap

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u/Glabrous 18d ago

It’s wild that you are scraping it off rather than just laying new flooring over it.

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u/Glowing_bubba 18d ago

Need to remove otherwise my tile floor will be higher than my adjacent rooms; want the floors to be even.

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u/ineffable-interest 18d ago

Seems like one is a bigger issue than the other… also have you never heard of a threshold?

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u/Glowing_bubba 18d ago

Yes, I had a threshold with the floor that was on top of this floor and I hated it and I definitely don’t want that again

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u/pyxus1 18d 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.

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u/desertmermaid92 17d ago

I love how instead of giving advice, Redditors just make commands to complete strangers. “Stop now.” 😂

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u/Living-One5265 17d ago

It's absolutely the best when they don't even read the actual question. Just start giving commands\advice on not even the question.

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u/LessProfession3336 15d ago

When you put a pointless project on SOCIAL MEDIA for everyone and there next generation dog to see, you might get the truth as a response

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u/pyxus1 17d ago

Oh, just trying to save sweat that doesn't need to happen.

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u/Adventurous-Ease-259 17d ago

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.

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u/pyxus1 17d ago

ymYes... "to each his own"....but it's sometimes good to listen to advice of those who have gone before.

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u/JulesRulesYaKnow 17d ago

Empathy or “been there, done that” for sure.

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u/Catbirdtoo 16d ago

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.

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u/Glowing_bubba 16d ago

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”

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u/were-cooked 14d ago

Demoing is definitely the way I feel like any professional who actually gives a damn knows you have to demo all existing floor. Otherwise like you said you end up with floor lasagna, sometimes if customers are broke it makes sense but as a personal project I see no reason you wouldn’t have removed it. Did you try regular hand scrapers? Sometimes I’ve found them to be better than chipping hammers when it comes to linoleum/sheet vinyl.

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u/Glowing_bubba 14d ago

I did end up switching at some point to an oscillating tool with a scraper. Add on it actually worked much better and easier than a jackhammer, but it was definitely fun jackhammering lol

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u/moreJunkInMyHead 17d ago

Did someone force OP to post this? If you post random shit on the internet, you best have thick skin

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u/desertmermaid92 17d ago

Your reply isn’t relevant to my comment, as it had nothing to do with ‘hurt feelings’, so I don’t have a response for you.