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Removing peel and stick tiles
February 13th, 2007
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Full question:
I have the same problem as another question but I would like more information. We are being put in a house with a dark brown ceramic tile kitchen floor that makes the windowless kitchen dark, especially with the dark brown ceiling and dark brown cabinets. It is large squares and some have a texured patteren. I want to change it so I thought peel and stick tiles maybe the way to go for us. You said it molds to the pattern underneath which is ok, but can you remove this? When we leave in 2 years, can the landlord remove it without much trouble? Do we have to put down all kinds of prep materials? It is a very large area to do, so cost is on my mind. Thank you
My answer:
Oh dear. I have had to deal with this myself, and I speak from experience. It is NOT easy to remove. Once the tile has been walked on for a couple years, two things happen:
The molding around the layer of tile under the peel-and-sticks will be very significant. If the spaces between the cracks of the under-lying tiles are large enough, the peel and sticks will tear.
The second challenge you face, is that the adhesive used on the back of peel-and-sticks is DESIGNED to adhere PERMANENTLY once the tiles are walked on. Removing them after that requires scrapping them off - little piece by little piece.
Most people just cover peel and sticks with a sub-floor and then new flooring - they don’t remove peel-and-sticks.
MY suggestion for you as a tenant, would be to use rugs and runners, that are temporary and can ben taken up easily when you move.
Your Frugal Decorating Diva,
Nancy
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