How To Remove Vinyl Roll Flooring

Use a utility or floor knife and cut strips out of the flooring that are about 12 inches wide.

How to remove vinyl roll flooring. Next locate a section of the floor with no glue underneath. To remove old vinyl remove the transition strips image 1 that hold the carpet in place. It is hard work. 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.

Remove the quarter round trim. To remove vinyl flooring you must first take all furniture out of the room giving yourself. Cut into 12 inch strips. Professionals will not remove the flooring if it is dry by drilling sanding dry scraping or.

Try removing the center section of flooring. Check along the corners of the vinyl and locate a place where the vinyl is not glued down. Removing vinyl flooring with asbestos requires special safety clothing and breathing respirators. Remove the baseboard trim.

If quarter round trim has been installed in front of the baseboards as a way of covering the gap between the. Use a heavy duty scraper to remove the old vinyl image 2. Step 5 scrape adhesive use the strips to slowly begin to pull up the vinyl.