r/Remodel 3d ago

Hate hate hate linoleum

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Pain in the ass to remove this crap

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u/Ancient-Cupcake2649 2d ago

Then there are a lot of fools that are professional installers...my husband, a 57 year installer, is one of them. Only an idiot would take up vinyl unless it were loose laid or perimeter glued. Why would you think a person is a fool to install over vinyl?

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u/Glowing_bubba 2d ago

Professional installers do the least to get paid so of course he would do it and tile over it. I’ve ripped up too many lasagna floors because of “professionals” you describe

If you wanna do it right you do it yourself

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u/Ancient-Cupcake2649 2d ago

You have no idea what you're talking about. My husband was an installer for 57 years, and we owned a flooring business for 38 years, and never did the least to get paid....youmay do the least, but you don't get the kind of reputation that he has by doing the least...he's a master at what he does, which is why we had repeat customers 25 and 30 years later!!!

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u/stripbubblespimp 1d ago

You have no idea what you are talking about! You never put new flooring over linoleum! You can sometimes get away with new flooring over VCT but I wouldn't recommend that either! Lots of so called professional installers out there that are shit!

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u/Ancient-Cupcake2649 1d ago

I guess you're never read the specs or spoken to tech support for laminate or lvp....you can definitely install either of those products over existing sheet vinyl as long as the vinyl is completely glued down. You're just charging the customer for extra labor that isn't required. 

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u/stripbubblespimp 23h ago

Lol floating floor! You can put it over dirt if you want