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Death Pants posted:its concrete underneath. Laying on top of the old really isn't an option. The installers did a real poo poo job so it's peeling up in a lot of places. How much of an issue would it cause to rip up the old, but still leave the adhesive gunk on the concrete? It'll look lumpy if you don't have a pefectly flat surface to glue the new material on, so you either have to do some sort of underlayment(underlayment = thin layer of plywood or chipboard) or get every_freaking_bit of old adhesive off the concrete. Also, just FYI, those pre-sticky squares work like complete poo poo on concrete, they'll start coming off about three weeks after you lay them.  Concrete is a very difficult medium to glue things on because of it's porous nature, propensity to hold water and wierd ph levels.What *I* would do is attach a thin plywood underlayment with cement anchors and construction adhesive, then glue the linoleum onto the underlayment. It'll cost ypu a little more for the underlayment, but it will stay nice about 10x longer.
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monkeybounce posted:But you're going to want to make sure there is a vapor barrier between the concrete and the plywood as I'm assuming you're talking about a foundation slab here so moisture/etc will leech up through the concrete and into the plywood which will cause your adhesive to fail. Yeah, forgot to mention a vapor barrier thanks 
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