Ok everyone, I have some questions. I recently bought a home built in 1957, and we are in the process of updating everything. Currently, in the kitchen, there is a parquet floor over 1 (or more) layers of linoleum or sheet vinyl (I think it's sheet, can't see too much of it) from the 60's or 70's. The parquet appears to be glued down over the linoleum or vinyl. Additionally, the floor in the kitchen is raised about 1/4" from the rest of the house because of these flooring additions. The subfloor is wood, over a basement (not concrete slab). I'm not sure what to do here. We'd love to pull up the parquet, but with the glue I don't think there'd be any way to do so without disturbing the (probably) asbestos flooring/glue/cutback underneath. We considered putting Allure vinyl planks over the parquet, but don't want moisture to become a problem. Will these happen is the parquet is sandwhiched between the vinyl planks and the linoleum, even if there's no concrete down there? Is there any safe way to remove this flooring without creating a possible hazard? Does anyone know of a good way to accommodate for changes in height between the floors without it looking ridiculous? Thanks for your help everyone!

Hi everyone! I apologize if I am beating a dead horse with this post, but I really don't have a lot of time to look around for the help I need. Our home was built in the 1950s and obviously has solid hardwood floors. We have little to no expansion gap on 3 sides of the living room and a good 1/2" to 3/4" gap on the one side of the floor. I know that I need this expansion gap, so I don't think filling it is a good idea. I know my other option would be to put up a baseboard and probably a quarter round to help cover the gap. However, I would really like to be able to go with no baseboards at this time (all I should have to say to explain this is "student loan payments" and you should understand!). What are my options to hide this gap that don't involve spending a few hundred dollars? I need every dime I can get at this point in time, obviously, but I don't want my house to look like crap when visitors come over. The majority of this wall is covered by my giant couch, if that helps. Also, we had to rip off the baseboards when we moved in last summer because the people who owned the house prior to us decided to only put baseboards where the walls were visible. As such, there were spaces where baseboards were missing behind where their furniture was placed. We did not know this until we went in to paint prior to our moving in. Very frustrating! :wall: I plan to fix the bottom of all the walls and paint to the floor and go with that on the other three walls, but I just need a little help figuring out what to do with this other wall. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!