The Washington Post, December 2nd, 1999
Q. I will be redoing my floors and am looking at the unpleasant job of taking up carpet sponge pads, tiles and linoleum, all installed with adhesive. What's the best way of tackling this kind of job? A. The first thing to look into is a rental machine that uses a horizontal cutting knife to cut the old floor covering loose. If your problem is vinyl, tile or linoleum over wood floor, you can leave the old floor covering in place and apply a layer of 3/16-inch- thick plywood over the old floor covering. This is much easier than tearing up the old floor covering and fighting to remove the old adh...
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