Remove underlayment or not?
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Remove underlayment or not?
I'm in the process of installing engineered hardwood flooring on the first floor of my house. The areas where it is going were previously carpeted (living room and dining room) AND had vinyl (kitchen).
Here's my dilemma: The vinyl floor in the kitchen has an additional 1/4" underlayment. That apparently leaves me with the option of either trying to remove that underlayment, or adding equivalent underlayment to the rest of the floor to even things out.
The house was built about 20 years ago. I am concerned that if I start trying to remove the underlayment, I am going to end up with a mess. At least around the edges, it seems to be glued down.
Any thoughts here?
Here's my dilemma: The vinyl floor in the kitchen has an additional 1/4" underlayment. That apparently leaves me with the option of either trying to remove that underlayment, or adding equivalent underlayment to the rest of the floor to even things out.
The house was built about 20 years ago. I am concerned that if I start trying to remove the underlayment, I am going to end up with a mess. At least around the edges, it seems to be glued down.
Any thoughts here?
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It looks like the cabinets were installed before the flooring, although it doesn't matter much because we are replacing them too.
I am struggling to see how I am going to get that 1/4" stuff up. I tried a few test patches, and it appears that the installer glued it wall to wall.
When you guys are advising pulling it up, is that based on it being nailed down? I could see that. But unless there is a trick I don't know about, I'm not seeing how I am going to get this up without tearing the subfloor apart.
I am struggling to see how I am going to get that 1/4" stuff up. I tried a few test patches, and it appears that the installer glued it wall to wall.
When you guys are advising pulling it up, is that based on it being nailed down? I could see that. But unless there is a trick I don't know about, I'm not seeing how I am going to get this up without tearing the subfloor apart.
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Hmm, I'll have to check into that with the flooring manufacturer. Given the layout of the floor I am working with, taking the kitchen down to the joists would be a huge job.
Maybe the answer here is to glue down the new subfloor.
Maybe the answer here is to glue down the new subfloor.