How To Remove Vinyl Sheet Flooring From Concrete

Scrape the remaining glue with a floor scraper or pry bar.

How to remove vinyl sheet flooring from concrete.

To remove old resilient flooring first cut it into parallel strips about 6 inches wide with a utility knife. Move the putty knife underneath the vinyl flooring in swift in and out motion and lift the flooring piece towards you. With a freshly sharpened five in one tool force the sharp end between the sheet vinyl and subfloor in jabbing strokes. Use a hammer to tap a stiff putty knife or brick chisel under the linoleum to break it loose.

Pull the linoleum up in strips to reveal the backing or the glue. If removal is more difficult use a heat gun to soften the adhesive. Use the flat end of the pry bar to chip away at the glue underneath the vinyl. 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.

You can use a commercial adhesive stripper or use. Scrape linoleum or vinyl floor glue. It is because baseboard sticks the edges of the flooring. If the adhesive is old you will discover that the tool chips away the adhesive fairly easily.

This byot diy project details how to remove sheet vinyl flooring using a bosch oscillating multi tool. Insert the floor putty knife on the edge of the flooring and slide it underneath it. Removing baseboard from the edges of the floor is your first work. For vinyl floor removal use the utility knife to cut the vinyl flooring into small rectangular strips that are about 6 8 inches in width.