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Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

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.

That's a lot of sub floor on top of an existing floor. What's it butt up to outside of the kitchen?

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?

Remove all the plywood sub-floor and 2x6 subfloor through out. You will be surprise that the joist are all at one level. Lay 5/8" (at the very least) or 3/4" sub floor through out. Install the cork floor on top of that. It should match your existing flooring outside of the kitchen. Given the are of your house, I bet it has a strip oak flooring from way back sitting on top of 1x6 sub floor. The new 3/4" sub floor should be the same thickness as the 1x6 sub floor. the difference between the cork and the hardwood floor should be minor, 3/13"? Chamfer the oak flooring to match the actual thickness of the cork. That's if the existing floor is hardwood.

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.

Remove that plywood floor, POS, under the linoleum would be the very least I would do.