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- From: bobk@sequent.com (Bob Krull)
- Subject: Re: vinyl floor question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.170111.7199@sequent.com>
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- Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
- References: <4470@cvbnetPrime.COM> <1992Dec21.170746.3277@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 17:01:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.170746.3277@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r) writes:
- >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?
- >
- >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.
- >
-
- It's common to "float out" the old floor with a liquid latex filler. This
- will fill the old texture.
-
- -Bob
- bobk@sequent.com
-