How To Remove Sheet Vinyl From Wood Subfloor

If you remove vinyl flooring but the glue remains lodged on the subfloor try this.

How to remove sheet vinyl from wood subfloor.

Starting at a threshold use a wood chisel and wide stiff blade putty knife to pop loose one vinyl tile. The best way to tear out vinyl flooring is to pull up the vinyl and then go back and remove the remaining glue and pieces of flooring. When you install your vinyl on a wood subfloor the top plywood should be a minimum of 1 4 thick. Remove plywood linoleum or vinyl floor together.

For most subfloors you will need to add an extra layer of wood. To do this measure and cut the plywood to fit your room. As you chisel use your other hand to keep peeling back the sheet vinyl. Set the saw blade to cut just 1 8 inch deeper and cut away a section of flooring on one side of the room.

Do not line up the second layer with joints in the first layer. Combine warm water and soap in a bucket then apply it liberally to the glue allowing time for the mixture to. Discard the old tiles. If the adhesive is old you will discover that the tool chips away the adhesive fairly easily.

To remove the linoleum and subfloor together drill a hole through the floor to determine how thick the plywood is. Arrange the plywood on the first layer of wood. Check the type and condition of the plywood underlayment beneath the tiles. The goal is to have a wooden subfloor.

If you are removing the original vinyl floor from a home prior to 1980 you will need to locate a licensed asbestos abatement contractor to test your floor. Use a flat pry bar and long handled floor scraper to scrape up all the vinyl tiles. Wood subfloor measure and cut 1 4 inch or thicker plywood with a circular saw to fit the entire floor of the room where you are installing vinyl flooring. For sheet flooring or rolled flooring or vinyl flooring tiles that are larger than 2x2 feet square you will want to score the flooring into 12 inch strips to make it easier to handle and pull up.