Kitchen floor question

Go grab some builders paper (thick paper like old paper bags were made from). Lay that out and roll it to stick it to the glue nice and smooth. Install your floor. The paper will prevent the glue from bonding to the floating floor. Did that on a floor a few years ago.

Lay a layer of 15 lb felt over it - not enough tar in it to be sticky . Does your new flooring use a foam layer under the flooring ? For that matter , why are you pulling the existing tiles ? Might be easier all the way around to just lay over 'em .

It seems to me that the floating floor makes it really easy. Just a layer of anything that will cover the sticky. Rosin paper would probably be my first choice. Polyethylene sheet?

Bob

Unless the tile is damaged, or there are any visible joints or texture that might telegraph through the new flooring.

I was thinking about that laminate stuff , I guess a lot of the new vinyl flooring products are also designed to float . I haven't really kept up with the new products , got out of the flooring business in the late 80's because of back problems .

Why pull anything up? Most floating floors have foam pad underlayment between the old floor and new floater, so it should be no big deal. Now that you have an stickiness, just stick the foam to it and let the floor float as it's designed. I don't feel that you have a problem. I'd have left the old flooring down, too, rather than attempt pulling it. Well, unless you had a deep burn somewhere or something.

We have a solid vinyl sheet floor in the kitchen installed in 1989 - full floating edge gluedeen excellent- just need to be carefull moving fridge and stove.

I was going to suggest masking tape. Steve's solution is much better.

Every floating floor I've seen (or worked on) has required a foam underlayment to effect the float.

The Habitat that I work with uses floating laminate floors a lot. They often do not have a separate foam sheet, but a foam backing on each piece. You wouldn't want them sticking.

Bob

No underlayment needed:

Maybe. Is that the same as tarpaper?

Does

No:

Trying to avoid the thickness, and I hate putting new over old anything.

I hate covering up old with new.

Most floating floors have foam pad underlayment

No foam needed:

Also trying to avoid thickness.

I don't feel that you have a problem.

Excellent idea.

Yes , it's a form of tarpaper - it just has very little tar compared to regular roofing felt .

Yeah, tarred felt roofing paper.

No foam? That's downright strange.

With floors, I like extra thickness, except at transitions to other flooring in other rooms at different heights.

"No new over old" is usually a good thing.