Dan, some of that flooring comes with a backing material that probably will do the job, but check with the manufacturer of any flooring for underlayment requirements. Some require you to have one in order to meet the warranty requirements. I ended up putting plastic sheeting down in my living room, which is a wood floor. I could understand on concrete, but hey I do what I'm told, in the event something goes wrong in the future. :) On Nov 10, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Bob Kennedy wrote:
> Go for it. Jesus said he could tear down the temple and rebuild it in 3 days. > You should be able to lay a floor in the same time... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi > To: Blind Handyman List > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:59 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Nursery floor. > > I donned filthy clothes and respirator yet again last night, and entered > the toxic waist land, soon to be my daughters nursery. I sliced up the > carpeting, rolled it, tied it, and stuffed it into contractor bags, along > with the padding. I had to crawl around on the floor for quite a while > trying to remove the hundreds of staples they had used to tack down the > padding. Also, I had to remove that lovely tack strip around the edges of > the room. Man is that stuff nasty to handle. Kind of like trying to pick > up a porcupine. > > I then tried shop vacking up the room, but after a long time, I realized > it just wasn't worth it. The exhaust from the vac was blowing around the > dust and although I was sucking up some, I was putting more in the air. > So, I sealed up the room, closing windows and closing the door. > Hopefully, the dust will settle out in the quiet air, and I will go in > tonight and wet mop floor, walls, and ceiling. I think that will work > better to remove all the dirt and dust. > > The hard wood floor is in pretty bad shape, and I am now considering > laying a new hard wood floor over the old. It is pretty flat, not like > the floor I found in my living room a couple of years ago. The room is > quite rectangular, with virtually no cut-outs. It is rather small, a bit > over 8 by 11. I don't think I will require an underlayment. I am trying > to convince myself that I can do the whole thing, start to finish, in > three days. Now I just have to convince Teresa of the same. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
