Removing Old Vinyl Tile Flooring

The process for removing vinyl tiles is the same whether they are self stick tiles or laid with flooring adhesive.

Removing old vinyl tile flooring. Even with the right tools removing the old tile and the glue holding it to the floor will likely take longer than installing your new flooring. It s inexpensive and easy to install. Scrape linoleum or vinyl floor glue. To remove vinyl flooring you must first take all furniture out of the room giving yourself unimpeded access to the work area.

Removing old vinyl flooring techniques. The previous owner of our house unfortunately tried to renovate and improve the recently refinished and refurbished original clear vertical grain fir floors by sticking self adhesive vinyl tiles to them to create area rugs of faux parquet an. Overall the steps for removing old vinyl flooring are generally the same whether the vinyl is made up of planks sheets or tiles with minor modifications for each type of flooring existing subfloors and stubborn adhesives including peel and stick applications. How to easily remove vinyl tiles.

Vinyl flooring is a popular option. For the next flooring removal job i rented a power floor scraper. If you are ready to upgrade your existing floor you will need to remove the old vinyl first. How to remove vinyl flooring step 1.

A majority of the vinyl. Use a hammer to tap a stiff putty knife or brick chisel under the linoleum to break it loose. The machine rents for about 40 for four hours. To remove old resilient flooring first cut it into parallel strips about 6 inches wide with a utility knife.

The entire job was over in less than 20 minutes and i didn t even break a sweat. Pull the linoleum up in strips to reveal the backing or the glue.