Removed parquet floor, what do i do with smelly bitumen

[Phil1972]

I have removed parquet floor, this has left a layer of bitumen which stinks, how do i deal with it, can I seal it and if so with what, need to stop the smell coming though. I have looked everywhere and you are my last hope.

 

[motorbiking]

What are you replacing the parquet floor with? and did you realise it was worth quite a bit of money?

 

[dazlight]

Ardex na

 

[crazydaze]

Seal it with Arditex Ardit NA Self Levelling Screed

 

[Stuart981]

I tried to get quotes to remove old Marley tiles and replace with modern vinyl tiles. The moment the tilers realised the Marley tiles were laid on bitumen they just didn't want to know. In the end I did it myself. The tiles came up easily and I then sealed the bitumen with SBR and used Styccobond F44 to stick down the new tiles. That was 8 years ago and no problems since.