Taking Up Vinyl Floor Tiles

You ll also need to carefully remove all baseboards and any other.

Taking up vinyl floor tiles.

The best way to remove old vinyl or linoleum floor tile in one piece without having to slowly chip it off. The first thing that you will want to do is assess the condition of this flooring. This way is much quieter and will work great if you are doing a project without a heat gun. Step 5 scrape adhesive use the strips to slowly begin to pull up the vinyl.

Even some of the early peel and stick tiles used asbestos as the main ingredient. With a plywood subfloor you have two choices. A majority of the vinyl flooring made before 1986 contained asbestos in the tiles or in the backing materials. Cut out the subfloor and linoleum or vinyl flooring as one piece.

Step 3 just add water. Scrape away the linoleum or vinyl and glue with a wide putty knife utility knife brick chisel paint scraper hammer. For how to remove vinyl tile start by scoring the vinyl photo 1. Roll the vinyl as you make your way down the length of the strip.

Use a utility or floor knife and cut strips out of the flooring that are about 12 inches wide. To remove vinyl flooring you must first take all furniture out of the room giving yourself unimpeded access to the work area. Cutting in narrow strips makes. Step 5 clean up.

Next adjust the angle on the floor scraper until it pulls up vinyl without gouging the subfloor. Step 2 cut the tiles. Joe has some more vinyl floor tiles to remove so he w. Use the utility knife to cut straight down the middle of your vinyl floor.

Once it s cut gently lift the strip. Step 1 assess the condition of the vinyl tiles. Next move about 12 inches to the right or left and cut a strip parallel to the first. Step 4 scrape up the tile.

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