Floor Pulls On Rough Surface

How to prepare a floor for peel stick tile.

Floor pulls on rough surface.

This will expose the subfloor underneath which is where most leveling problems lie. Some combinations of surfaces such as socks on a wooden floor produce very little friction. Fortunately this is not a common occurrence. Use a pry bar to pull up hardwood floors one section at a time or unfasten carpet or laminate and roll it up from one end.

The amount of friction between your feet and the floor surface determines how well you can slide. You can leave linoleum or sheet vinyl in place if it s difficult to remove or if removal would damage the sub floor. Peel and stick tile has come a long way since the days when it was a cheap and easy if not very attractive way to give old floors new life. Buckling occurs when the wood flooring actually pulls up from the subfloor lifting several inches in one or more places.

A heavy box is to be dragged along a rough horizontal floor. To do so person a pushes it at an angle 30o from the horizontal and requires a minimum force f a while person b pulls the box at an angle 60o from the horizontal and needs minimum force f b. Floor buckling happens most often after a floor has been flooded for an extended period of time.