Ripping out linoleum
Q: I just took ugly laminate flooring off my kitchen floor. It still has two different linoleum’s that are glued down. I need two take it down to the wood. How do I do this, without destroying the wood? Do I use some kind of heat gun and scrape out with a scraper or am I out going to hurt the floor itself?
A: If you are lucky and this was installed properly, then you should have 1/4 poplar under that, stapled to the sub floor. That would be much easier to remove. If you need to remove this because it is sitting on a hardwood floor, it is likely the floor isn’t worth saving, which is why they covered it over. I would consider removing the entire mess down to the sub floor, install 3/8 spruce sheeting and then a new hardwood floor.
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