Flooring Tile - cement floors

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jijip
07-02-09, 11:31 AM
We bought a house with slab foundation. Pulled up rugs in home to find cement floors with which to treat. Unfortunately vinyl tiles are underneath. I understand it will be extremely labor intensive to remove tiles. Is there a possibility to overlay tiles with some kind of cement-like material that would provide the cement floor look?

condo-owner
07-04-09, 07:55 AM
getting the tiles up shouldn't be too much of a problem. its getting the glue off, thats the problem. you should NOT tile over the vinyl.
acidstain13
07-08-09, 07:13 PM
Removing the glue is not all that hard if you have the right grinding equipment. We do it all of the time before we stain a slab. You'll definitely want to get back down to concrete. It would be unwise to overlay over vinyl.

HeresJohnny
07-09-09, 07:16 AM
Grinding cutback adhesive is not always a good idea. It can contain asbestos.