Recent content by davidmc36

Not sure. I took the angles off the nose of the stairs, lifted the tread portion, and rolled the flooring flat again. You can see from the shifted screw holes where it moved toward the nose of the stairs Going to leave it a few days and see if it stays flat. Good news is if I decided I want to...

I went with the long end of the 30-40 minute range. 3/32 notch. I think you may be right though, it says for felt backed vinyl. Looks like I got stung by the loser at the hardware store. I even had a piece of the flooring with me. Yeah it's sheet vinyl. There was something printed on the edge...

Not sure how to describe the flooring. It's smooth (shiny) on the back. Adhesive

There is lots available, the intake vent for the oil furnace is still installed, it obviously just does not get as much drawn in through it as before. Maybe the solvents in the glue were just not able to evaporate through the dense 2 x 10 stair treads.

"Exposed" to the inside of the closet. The upper section where it happened is wide open to the basement. I am wondering about moisture in the house since switching to natural gas heating the furnace draws in it's own air and no more dry air comes in the vent pipe that was there for the oil...

Stairs have been there since 1991 but maybe moisture in the wood since it is the stairs going to the basement? The area under the stairs is closed into a "closet" where the pump etc. and sump hole is located. Same problem occurred though on the section of stairs that are not closed in going...

I put some vinyl flooring on the landing and stairs. After a few days the part on the treads (2x10 lumber) started to bubble up. On the landing that was covered with a piece of finished plywood it is fine. Also on the risers that are chip-board it did not bubble, it's not really stuck, but did...