Posts Tagged ‘Concrete’

i am a contractor and if you are using self adhesive vinyl tiles they will not not stay down a cement floor. when i do a cement floor floor i use clear thinspread and let it sit over night and the next day i lay the tile.

The carpet will go in a finished basement. The basement has bare concrete right now.

Their was a carpet glued to a concrete patio with a tape.
I removed the carpet and most of the tape, but their is still tape and glue on concrete.
Is their any chemical or other way to remove it and clean it?
Thanks.

We’re going to put bamboo flooring downstairs over the slab.
We first need to apply self-leveling concrete to even out the contours caused by roots, settling over the years. Then we need to put down the vapor/moisture barrier, then adhesive, then lay the floor in.
What’s the easiest way to scrape/clean off left over paint and drywall mud, texture mud, old linoleum flooring? We need this done fast, and using a manual scraping tool is just out of the question.
Help!!!!!!!!!!
PS: We’re talking about 550 sq ft.

i am looking to tile my entry foyer. originally it had tile that i scraped up. only a little bit of mortar was left. bamboo floors were then installed by gluing the planks directly to the slab.
we have decided that we want to tile the entry foyer again to break up the wood flooring. so far i have ripped all the planks up and removed as much of the glue as i possibly could. i spent a good 7hours yesterday with adhesive remover, razor scrapes, floor scrapes, hot water, etc…
i am at the point where i want to start tiling and im not 100% sure i got enough of the glue off the ground.
please click on the links to the pictures i took of the floor and let me know if you think the floor is ready or if i need to continue to get more of the glue off. im guessing if i have to get more glue off, a concrete sander is my next and only option. all help is greatly appreciated.
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I recently pulled up an old carpet from our basement that was covering old tile. The black glue/adhesive from the flooring is on the floor. Most of the heavy stuff is scraped up and the black that is still on there comes off on your socks or shoes but doesnt wash off well with amonia..Any other suggestions?

i have a 3rd floor condo and want to replace the carpet with a hardwood floor of some sort. I’ve been leaning towards bamboo but am open to suggestions. is there trouble with bamboo installation on concrete? will it hold up? i have no pets or kids.

I have old indoor/outdoor carpet adhered to the top of my patio from the previous tenants. What is the least expensive and most effective way to remove it?

We are removing the linoleum in our kitchen to install bamboo floors. It came up fairly easy (with just pulling). However, the linoleum backing and glue did stay behind. It appears to be damp and the glue and backing come off pretty easy with a razor blade. It did a moisture test and it came back positive with moisture but only looked like it was at the top of the concrete. Can linoleum hold moisture and if we let it dry out, will we still have a problem later on? I can’t figure out if the moisture is coming from the slab or somewhere else (maybe due to mopping). Thanks!!!

I have a newly placed concrete floor that is reading to high on the moisture reader for an installation of vinyl. Does anyone know a cheap and effective moisture barrier sold in Australia?