I’m starting to think about what to do with my kitchen floor in this slow-mo kitchen remodel, which will accelerate now that I’ve ordered my cabinets.
Someone put stone tile on the floor, which sits almost an inch above the adjoining floors. I’ve always wondered what was under there. Well, I suddenly realized that I can remove one of the floor registers and find out.
So here is a photo. What do you see?
I think I see the stone tile, then some cement backer board, then some plywood, then some wood strips. Because the wood strips have tongues, I think they are the original hardwood floor, rather than the rough cut strips of subfloor, which must be hidden behind the ducting.
Do you agree?
If so, I’m hopeful that I can pull off the tile and backer boards, in big hunks, without having to hack away at mortar. How would you do it?
I’m also hopeful that the original floor will be salvageable. I don’t know what the chances of that are. The house is from 1911 but I imagine the original wood kitchen floor would have been replaced somewhere although the way, before Mr Remodeler decided to dump stone tile on it.