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Hey campers, let's talk about removing sheet vinyl, and backer board

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Starting on the renovation projects at my dads circa 1975, 2 story, Colonial box with hardwood floors throughout the house.  The first project is going to be renovating a huge, wasted space, laundry room by creating a mud room, full bathroom, lockers for kids, a washer & dryer space, new brick stoop, and a side entry door.

The floor is currently 70's sheet vinyl over 1/4" backer board over traditional 2 1/4" strip, oak flooring.  

The question is do you Remove the vinyl, and backer board, and probably have to refinish the floor, (depending on how the backer board was installed) or do you Leave it in place, and just install waterproof, Luxury vinyl, plank tile at about $450, and about 3 hours of our time??  It would probably would cost $400 or more to refinish the floor it's about a 13' x 17' space. 

Seems easier to just install new flooring over the existing sheet vinyl.  The luxury vinyl tile products are not bad at all IMO, (I'm typically a natural materials advocate, but this is a flip) and we want to knock out each project quickly, with as few trades involved as possible.

There's a really good chance that the existing sheet vinyl contains asbestos.   Encapsulating it under plank vinyl is the cheapest and easiest way to handle that.  Also, since you don't "know" that it contains asbestos, you don't have to disclose it's presence, and if it's under new flooring, ain't nobody gonna test it. 

Do the overlay.  Vinyl in a mud / wet areas is a good idea.   Nothing more annoying than cupped hardwood floors. 

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9 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Do the overlay.  Vinyl in a mud / wet areas is a good idea.   Nothing more annoying than cupped hardwood floors. 

Yeah, that was my original thought along with not knowing what the wood flooring would be like after killing yourself pulling up all that underlayment.  The LVT is PRO core plus so it's a waterproof flooring (allegedly). Gonna put the washer in a pan, and a drain into the crawlspace for extra protection, along with stainless steel lines.

 

Superbowl Sunday:

Frame a full bath, install outlet, and switch boxes, hang sheetrock on one stud face, prime the lovely 70's stained pine baseboard, interior doors, crown, and door & window casing, and lay the LVT floor...  that's the plan the brother, and I have.  

That fucker better snap to it when I give marching orders....the sniveling pup.

24 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:Superbowl Sunday:

Frame a full bath, install outlet, and switch boxes, hang sheetrock on one stud face, prime the lovely 70's stained pine baseboard, interior doors, crown, and door & window casing, and lay the LVT floor...  that's the plan the brother, and I have.  

That fucker better snap to it when I give marching orders....the sniveling pup.

Y’all are some lazy-assed slobs with no gumption. 
 

Good luck.  Post pics. 

47 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Do the overlay.  Vinyl in a mud / wet areas is a good idea.   Nothing more annoying than cupped hardwood floors. 

as long as you caulk the shit out of the baseboard.  You don't want water getting under the vinyl. 

1 minute ago, Gil Bang said:

as long as you caulk the shit out of the baseboard.  You don't want water getting under the vinyl. 

True. He should be okay with the emergency pan under the washer.  

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37 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

as long as you caulk the shit out of the baseboard.  You don't want water getting under the vinyl. 

Yeah another good tip (had that one planned already).  It's easy to do while the shoe moulding has been pulled up. The pan is to be the big insurance plan though.

15 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Yeah, that was my original thought along with not knowing what the wood flooring would be like after killing yourself pulling up all that underlayment.  The LVT is PRO core plus so it's a waterproof flooring (allegedly). Gonna put the washer in a pan, and a drain into the crawlspace for extra protection, along with stainless steel lines.

 

Superbowl Sunday:

Frame a full bath, install outlet, and switch boxes, hang sheetrock on one stud face, prime the lovely 70's stained pine baseboard, interior doors, crown, and door & window casing, and lay the LVT floor...  that's the plan the brother, and I have.  

That fucker better snap to it when I give marching orders....the sniveling pup.

You done yet?

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9 minutes ago, deadshank said:

You done yet?

We decided to do a faux finish tortoise shelling of the the walls so a couple more hours.....

1 hour ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

We decided to do a faux finish tortoise shelling of the the walls so a couple more hours.....

Slackers

8 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

We decided to do a faux finish tortoise shelling of the the walls so a couple more hours.....

you and your boyfriend decided that?

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4 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

you and your boyfriend decided that?

If wanting tortoise shelled mud room walls is gay.......at least it ain't fucking shiplap !!!

Personally I think a tortoise shell faux finish is too much for a confined space like a mud room.  Also, I would never  do it in a house I was flipping.  It would be much better to stick with light neutral colors.

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34 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Personally I think a tortoise shell faux finish is too much for a confined space like a mud room.  Also, I would never  do it in a house I was flipping.  It would be much better to stick with light neutral colors.

Well yeah. I was pushing a sarcasm vibe out there.  Pretty straight forward design and finishes: LVT dark oak, plank flooring, White trim, and walls (maybe a cool grey instead of white walls) polished nickel bathroom sink, shower faucets, and bathroom accessories, white fixtures, oil rubbed bronze door hardware (matching the rest of the house).  

19 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

If wanting tortoise shelled mud room walls is gay.......at least it ain't fucking shiplap !!!

who fucks shiplap?  I want  to meet  them.

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43 minutes ago, deadshank said:

who fucks shiplap?  I want  to meet  them.

Give the man a rimshot please 

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