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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: vinyl floor question
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 17:07:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.170746.3277@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- In article <4470@cvbnetPrime.COM> bsweeney@argon.prime.com (Brian Sweeney) writes:
- >Is it possible to put a vinyl floor over an already existing
- >vinyl floor? In other words, do you have to rip up the old
- >stuff and put down an underlayment and then the new stuff?
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- If the old vinyl is smooth, you can glue the new stuff right on top. You
- should be able to do this with a "pebble grain" surface also. If the old
- stuff is textured with grooves to form patterns, it will have to come up.
- The new flooring will gradually settle into the grooves.
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