How to remove linoleum or vinyl flooring with plywood subfloor.
Glue linoleum or vinyl floor plywood.
There are other options for installing your.
Clean the floor very well and then sand away any remaining glue and refinish the floor.
Gluing a linoleum floor is a messy process both when you install the floor and when you re ready to remove it.
Linoleum flooring should not be confused with vinyl but some use the term linoleum as the name for both true linoleum and sheet vinyl.
Plywood is one type of floor onto which you can install linoleum.
Removing linoleum or vinyl flooring from concrete.
Both are resilient but linoleum is made from linseed oil jute and other natural products making it an environmentally friendly alternative to artificial vinyl.
The type of plywood on the floor however is important.
This is probably the easiest type of subfloor to remove linoleum or vinyl flooring.
Laying linoleum without adhesive glue.
With a plywood subfloor you have two choices.
Pull up the linoleum in strips to reveal the linoleum glue.
Scrape away the linoleum or vinyl and glue with a wide putty knife utility knife brick chisel paint scraper hammer or a bully flooring scraper.
A smooth even surface that will accept the adhesive is critical.