How To Remove A Sheet Vinyl Floor

To remove vinyl flooring you must first take all furniture out of the room giving yourself.

How to remove a sheet vinyl floor.

Remove the baseboard trim. 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. Try removing the center section of flooring. Cut out the subfloor and linoleum or vinyl flooring as one piece.

With a plywood subfloor you have two choices. In the middle of the room cut a section of the vinyl about 6 to 12 inches wide. If quarter round trim has been installed in front of the baseboards as a way of covering the gap between the. 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.

Scrape away the linoleum or vinyl and glue with a wide putty knife utility knife brick chisel paint scraper hammer. Next locate a section of the floor with no glue underneath. Use the flat end of the pry bar to chip away at the glue underneath the vinyl. Use a heavy duty scraper to remove the old vinyl image 2.

Remove the quarter round trim. Resist the urge to pull up the sheet with your hands. 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. Cut into 12 inch strips.