Removing Vinyl Flooring From Wood Subfloor

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Removing vinyl flooring from wood subfloor.

How to remove vinyl or linoleum floors. Once you ve removed as much as you can with the prybar use the 5 in 1 tool or any floor scraper tool to scrape off the. To remove vinyl flooring you must first take all furniture out of the room giving yourself. This is a video showing me removing vinyl flooring from a wood underlay.

Not a fun job. Scrape away the linoleum or vinyl and glue with a wide putty knife utility knife brick chisel paint scraper hammer. How to remove vinyl flooring step 1. With a plywood subfloor you have two choices.

I describe what i did and why i did it on my website in the post. Discard the old tiles. Cut out the subfloor and linoleum or vinyl flooring as one piece. Starting at a threshold use a wood chisel and wide stiff blade putty knife to pop loose one vinyl tile.

Next locate a section of the floor with no glue underneath. Use a cordless impact driver to remove all the screws. Cut into 12 inch strips. Use the flat end of the pry bar to chip away at the glue underneath the vinyl.