We have a large shed that we are redoing. We don't have a lot of time (both working, 2 small children) and the garden is currently unusable as all the stuff from the shed is currently in a tent that's taking up all the space. So time is at a premium. We are also trying to keep costs as low as possible especially as it's just a shed. We would like it to be reasonable inside though. It every much going to remain a shed not a room, but ideally one that isn't unpleasant to go in any more. We were promoted to do this project as the roof collapsed.
Anyway, the previous owners put down sticky tiles on about 2/3rds of the floor. We've managed to remove them using a heat gun (they couldn't have stayed as they were all curling up anyway) but there is now sticky residue all over the floor. We've tried scrubbing and extra strong sticky stuff remove but it doesn't work well and is painfully slow. we just don't have the time it would take to scrape each tile off (I'm reckoning 20-30hrs work).
We can't just paint over it as it's too sticky. We can't leave it as it is. I tried scrubbing it with some sugar soap hot water and it just made slime. And is now both slippery and sticky.
I'm thinking just laying a roll of old fashioned lino flooring and pretending the underneath doesn't exist?
Are there any other options or downsides I'm overlooking please?
The shed is 5x 3m so quite large