How To Pull Up Linoleum Flooring

If difficult try a heat gun to soften it and then pull it off.

How to pull up linoleum flooring.

Then try scraping it and it should come off without as much effort. It s no fun to remove vinyl flooring. Then begin by sliding the automatic scraper underneath a pre cut seam and lifting the linoleum up with your free hand. Follow the pre cut seams to remove the linoleum topper.

Remove linoleum or vinyl flooring. Working in small sections score the flooring into strips about 6 to 12 inches wide. You can also gently wet the floor and let it soak for a few minutes. Pull the linoleum up in strips to reveal the linoleum glue.

You can scrape it off with a floor scraper or you can cover it with plastic. Mostly the top layer only will come up but there might be places where the glue is worn that also come up with just a little tug. If the vinyl is glued you have two options. Since it s easier to work with smaller strips it helps if you score the linoleum or vinyl with a razor knife into 12 wide strips.

Rub a bit of petroleum jelly on the scraper blade to keep it from getting gunked up. Start by pulling up as much of the linoleum or vinyl flooring as you can. Peeling up the material itself is no picnic but the real trial is to get rid of the glue that had been securing the vinyl to the subfloor. Depending on the job this process is sometimes quicker than removing the topper by hand.

Score the flooring into 6 12 strips. You can use the same process to remove vinyl flooring glued to concrete. Just grab the corner and pull.