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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
What kind of flooring are you going to use? A lot of people add a 5/8 plywood subfloor right over top of the existing lino. If that works with your flooing and height issues it might be ok. Not the greatest subfloor for tile but ok. If you're not willing to chance the asbestos (and why would you) it's a good choice. One thing that may work if you are tiling is to install Ditra as a subfloor over top of the lino. There are mortars that will work but you must us the right products. You can also skim coat the lino with planipatch, then install Ditra for tile. It lowers your subloor height by up to 3/8 of an inch. I'd phone and ask Northland Construction in the am.
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Yeah, the problem is I need to put down 3/8 plywood to match some previously installed tile in the bathroom...YES, I did rip up that lino and subfloor, unknowing of the hazards.
I'm actually mellowing out here a bit now, as I'm reading something that is somewhat countering the asbestos fear. I think if I'm careful, use water to keep dust down, I should be ok...i really don't know what else I can do. I can actually keep the lino bashing to a minimum anyway. I'm just gonna cut it with exacto along the edges of board underneath. Then pry up board with lino on top. I think that'll work without too much disturbance.
Here's the article I mentioned. It's quite interesting if anyone else is interested.
http://fumento.com/asbestos/asbest.html