How flexible are the tiles? We currently have vinyl tiles laid over the top of asbestos tiles using some kind of cheap stick-on method like double-sided tape. My plan is to pull up the vinyl tiles and replace with marmoleum tiles (over the top of the old asbestos tiles, without disturbing them). However, our old house is very crooked and the floor has lots of waves etc in it, and the new tiles would need to flex a bit to conform to the shape of the house. If it's totally rigid tile I don't think it would work. This is a floor that spans a small kitchen and a bathroom. SAMPLE - Forbo Marmoleum Composition Tile (MCT), Leaf Marmoleum Tile - Glue Down

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Status: Open Feb 14, 2023 - 08:52 AM

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Feb 16, 2023 - 11:25 AM

There are concerns with this one. For glue down material, the subfloor needs to be flat to 3/16� in a 10 ft span as per ASTM F 710. If the current condition, once the peel and stick tiles are removed, would not meet this then you would need to do some leveling before the subfloor would be within spec to receive a new glue down product.https://www.greenbuildingsupply.com/core/media/media.nl?id=1105539&c=772072&h=N
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