With the vinyl, we just pulled the top layer off and left the bottom layer with the glue attached to the floor. I was afraid the mortar wouldn't stick to the glossy surface of the vinyl. It should separate pretty easily and it's alot faster than trying to scrape all the glue off the floor!
That's a good tip about the straws! I wish I had known that when I replaced both of our toilets! ;) **************************************************** "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world; You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed..." --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." --Chief Dan George ----- Original Message ----- From: wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, April 3, 2006 11:44 am Subject: Re: Jen: OT: New journey-laying tile!!! To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > I'm confused...did you pull the vinyl/laminate up and > then lay tile, or did you just lay tile over the > vinyl? I know what you mean about the toilet thing. > The guy at Home Depot just gave me a pointer. He said > that when replacing wax seals on toilets, which is > really easy to mess up, put two straws on top of those > two bolts on either side to guide the toilet down, so > you don't mess the wax seal up by trying to find them. > That way, your toilet won't rock like ours does now > after we fixed it! lol. Neat tip... > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hee, hee! I know what you mean about doing it > > yourself! With internet > > access, I have just enough "do-it-yourself" > > knowledge to make me > > dangerous... ;) I, too, embarked on a toilet > > fixer-uper...basically, > > the toilet was rocking so I figured, "How hard can > > it be to fix?" BTW, > > you can replace the "fix" in that last sentence with > > just about anything > > else I've tried: lay tile? install laminate > > flooring? replace ceiling > > fixtures? install electric wall sconces? put in > > new sinks? :) > > > > Anyway, a simple "fixer-uper" with the toilet turned > > into having to > > replace the entire gasket which turned into having > > to buy a hammer drill > > and cement to afix the gasket because we have cement > > sub-flooring! It > > took a whole d*mn weekend, but I fixed the rock, > > darn it! :) > > > > As for the sub-flooring for the tile, we didn't have > > to do anything to > > ours as it was already pretty level...I know you can > > buy some kind of > > cement to spread over low spots...and you can also > > buy sheets of some > > kind of sub-flooring if the floor is really bad, but > > I'm not sure how to > > install those! The video, I think, covers most of > > that! Our kitchen > > and bathrooms had that vinyl sheet flooring (very, > > very old judging by > > the pattern). :) The video actually recommended > > just tiling over any > > old vinyl flooring as the glue underneath could have > > asbestos. So we > > just pulled up the shiny part and tiled right over > > the old glue! > > > > > > **************************************************** > > "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. > > To me, you will be > > unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique > > in all the world; You > > become responsible, forever, for what you have > > tamed..." --Antoine de > > Saint-Exupéry > > > > "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you > > and you will know > > each other. If you do not talk to them you will not > > know them, and what > > you do not know you will fear. What one fears one > > destroys." --Chief Dan > > George > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Monday, April 3, 2006 11:01 am > > Subject: Jen: OT: New journey-laying tile!!! > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > > > P.S. I think I will go pick up that video today > > so > > > that my husband can watch it. Thank you for > > offering > > > to send it-that is very sweet! You should have > > seen > > > my husband when I tried to convince him we could > > fix a > > > leaky toilet when we first married two years ago. > > He > > > had never done any handy work before, and what > > should > > > have been a simple job involved having to go buy > > the > > > tool to open the water hole to turn off the water > > to > > > the whole house outside and then fixing several > > leaks. > > > lol. He just wanted to call the plumber, but I'm > > > cheap and if I can do it myself, I will. We ended > > up > > > fixing it, but it really was a pain in the butt > > and > > > not the first handy job I would have picked to > > warm my > > > husband up to fixing things around the house. > > LOL. > > > > > > :) > > > Wendy > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
