[jyl]

Spoke to the previous owner. He is a (retired) contractor, had the LVP floor installed 30 years ago. He says it is plastic laminate, glued at the seams, on a layer of “sound proofing” (I see some sort of paper under the exposed edges of the laminate). He says the fir under the laminate looks the same as the exposed fir. Doesn’t recall any major damage to the areas of floor that he had covered up. Hmm. He was fixing the place up for a rental, and figured the laminate would be a forever floor. He was a bit miffed that I’m thinking of tearing it out.