Removing Carpet Over Linoleum

Using underlayment will make your new linoleum floor smoother than simply laying new linoleum over the old.

Removing carpet over linoleum.

Luan sheeting can be used to cover up a linoleum kitchen floor. The top is a layer of flooring material that should come off fairly easily. So i don t really care about flooring anything underneath the carpet. Simply place the luan sheeting over the floor and secure it.

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Yellowed stains on linoleum flooring can be an unpleasant surprise when doing a deep clean of your bathroom or kitchen. It s more of a it s an indoor carpet. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Luckily i haven t run into this but i do know that you can get an asbestos test kit at home depot or lowes fairly cheaply. Whether the rug has a rubber backing or not yellowed stains may still appear and become tough to get rid of. Remove the top layer of flooring material.

Usually these stains are found beneath a rug or carpet that has been in the same place for long periods of time. Rather than remove your linoleum kitchen floor your can simply cover it up. For peace of mind it would be worth trying one before working on those carpet tiles. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.

It is possible to lay carpet wood ceramic or stone tile rubber or paint over an existing linoleum floor. Carpet tiles over linoleum not fun. It is less expensive to lay a new floor over existing linoleum rather than to remove it. I m probably going to put a subfloor down and then either linoleum or tile on top of that.

Once the sheeting is down you will be able to replace the linoleum kitchen floor with the material of your choice. Removing adhesive carpet squares from linoleum. I cannot say for sure whether you need to worry about asbestos. Fold back about 3 ft.

Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Occasionally some carpet installers use carpet glue. It s just that i can t budge that carpet up even a little bit.

Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Is it like an indoor outdoor carpet. Over time you may find that you want to remodel the floors of your home which may mean changing carpet to linoleum at some point in the history of the house. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room.