How To Remove A Sheet Vinyl Floor

With a plywood subfloor you have two choices.

How to remove a sheet vinyl floor.

Remove the quarter round trim. Scrape away the linoleum or vinyl and glue with a wide putty knife utility knife brick chisel paint scraper hammer. Cut out the subfloor and linoleum or vinyl flooring as one piece. 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.

The upside of removing sheet vinyl flooring is that most of the time it s perimeter installed meaning there is no glue or adhesive in the middle of the floor making it easy to remove without much effort. Use the flat end of the pry bar to chip away at the glue underneath the vinyl. To remove vinyl flooring you must first take all furniture out of the room giving yourself. Remove the baseboard trim.

Cut into 12 inch strips. If quarter round trim has been installed in front of the baseboards as a way of covering the gap between the. Resist the urge to pull up the sheet with your hands. Here s how to remove vinyl flooring so you never have to look at it again.

In the middle of the room cut a section of the vinyl about 6 to 12 inches wide. Next locate a section of the floor with no glue underneath. The old vinyl will probably come up in small pieces and in some areas the paper backing separates from the vinyl itself and remains on the floor. To remove old vinyl remove the transition strips image 1 that hold the carpet in place.