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I'm closing on my first house in a couple of days and I’m about to tackle a tile project in the family room. Currently there is nasty 70's brown shag carpet in there. Upon lifting up the carpet, there looks to be asbestos vinyl tile underneath. My plan currently is to tear up the carpet and put down backerboard over the vinyl and tile over the backerboard. Believe me, the vinyl is down tight, it’s not going anywhere. However, I don't want to drill into the asbestos tile, and I've heard its ok to leave it in place. I think it'd be a whole lot more work to have the Hazmat guys out to rip it up, and I really don’t want to spend the money.
Instead of screwing in the backerboard, I'd like to glue it down using Mastic, or something similar. Can anyone give any advice on how I could install the backerboard without screwing it into the tile? Any and all ideas are appreciated.
Instead of screwing in the backerboard, I'd like to glue it down using Mastic, or something similar. Can anyone give any advice on how I could install the backerboard without screwing it into the tile? Any and all ideas are appreciated.