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Post by candleangie on Sept 22, 2024 1:21:14 GMT
Help! What are these tiles called?! It’s not linoleum…not asbestos tiles or CVT. There’s another name for these and I can’t think of it! They were really common in public spaces in the early 80s…  |
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Post by Zee on Sept 22, 2024 1:29:06 GMT
Are they the peel-and-stick?
If not, we just called them "individual floor tiles" or "vinyl tiles". I can't think of any other name.
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Post by leannec on Sept 22, 2024 1:36:14 GMT
Linoleum?
ETA: not lino ... no idea ...
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snyder
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Post by snyder on Sept 22, 2024 1:41:14 GMT
I think they also called the asphalt tiles.
They also had one they called Harlequin (sp) as it was suppose to be harder and not pit as easily.
OR are you looking for brand names like Armstrong?
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Post by katlady on Sept 22, 2024 1:56:23 GMT
Porcelain? Ceramic? You took away my one number guess, vinyl.
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Sept 22, 2024 2:42:58 GMT
Terrazzo?
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Post by candleangie on Sept 22, 2024 3:04:45 GMT
Moms theory is that it starts with “Mel” like melamine…
Or ends in “ite “
😂
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emmem1
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Post by emmem1 on Sept 22, 2024 3:54:35 GMT
Marmoleum or Battleship tile?
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Post by katlady on Sept 22, 2024 4:03:27 GMT
Moms theory is that it starts with “Mel” like melamine… Or ends in “ite “ 😂 There is a gemstone called melanite, but I seriously doubt that is what this is. LOL! Maybe she is thinking of the design name? Travertine? |
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Post by candleangie on Sept 22, 2024 4:24:46 GMT
Marmoleum or Battleship tile? THANK YOU!! seriously, I’ve been searching for this word for a month….for no reason except that I couldn’t remember it. 😂 |
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Post by gorgeouskid on Sept 22, 2024 5:10:28 GMT
I have marmolem tiles in my kitchen and love them. My fancy aunt did marmoleum in her kitchen probably 25 years ago. I followed her lead. They're stylish (in my 1930s kitchen) and aren't cold at all on the feeties.
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Post by Zee on Sept 22, 2024 10:12:04 GMT
Never heard that term!
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 22, 2024 11:27:04 GMT
I'm glad you've found the answer (well done emmem1 !) because it was going to bug me not knowing haha! I have never heard the word Marmoleum in my life. |
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bklyngal62
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Post by bklyngal62 on Sept 22, 2024 11:53:22 GMT
Where I work they are called VCT tiles ( Vinyl Composition Tiles). Armstrong makes them and most people know them as commercial tiles.
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 22, 2024 14:00:35 GMT
I call them a nightmare! My dad was not shy about using us for labor. He tiled our entire basement in those. I had to rotate handing him tiles between 4 boxes and make sure every other one was rotated 90 degrees for the pattern. I think I was 10.
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