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Originally Posted by look 171
Personally, I take all the sub floor out and replace with 3/4" plywood. Glue, and nail to joist. You will have a great stiff floor through out and level too. If not, use self leveling compound to take care of the dips. Block off floor joist if you have it all open. That's just me being anal and I do this all day with client's floor once opened up. Its much better work. In your situation, you shoud be able to get away with just stripping off the sub floor under the linoleum. Dealing with that glue is a btich. Easier to just remove the sub floor.
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Just for clarification, are you suggesting the removal of my current 1/2" plywood subfloor or the 1x6 boards that are underneath the plywood. Basically, I have 1.5" of wood on top of my joists now.
I'm a little cautious of replacing my 1/2" ply with 3/4 because I want the floor to match up with the rest of my house. If I go too thick, there will be a step up into the kitchen.
Or,
Are you suggesting the removal of the 1x6 and replace with plywood?
I will try the steamer tonight on the tar paper and see what I'm dealing with once removed. As far as removing the linoleum, it's going fairly easy using a big floor scraper - it's just the tar paper that doesn't want to budge except in a few spots which is then causing some unevenness.