Removing Carpet Over Linoleum

Once the sheeting is down you will be able to replace the linoleum kitchen floor with the material of your choice.

Removing carpet over linoleum.

Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. Rather than remove your linoleum kitchen floor your can simply cover it up. Simply place the luan sheeting over the floor and secure it.

It s just that i can t budge that carpet up even a little bit. Luan sheeting can be used to cover up a linoleum kitchen floor. Remove the top layer of flooring material. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over.

Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull. Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.

I cannot say for sure whether you need to worry about asbestos. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. Whether the rug has a rubber backing or not yellowed stains may still appear and become tough to get rid of. For peace of mind it would be worth trying one before working on those carpet tiles.

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. It s more of a it s an indoor carpet. Removing adhesive carpet squares from linoleum. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner.

So i don t really care about flooring anything underneath the carpet. Most adhesive carpet squares remove cleanly but some may leave a remnant of adhesive behind. Occasionally some carpet installers use carpet glue. It is less expensive to lay a new floor over existing linoleum rather than to remove it.

Is it like an indoor outdoor carpet. Yellowed stains on linoleum flooring can be an unpleasant surprise when doing a deep clean of your bathroom or kitchen. Using underlayment will make your new linoleum floor smoother than simply laying new linoleum over the old. The top is a layer of flooring material that should come off fairly easily.

It is possible to lay carpet wood ceramic or stone tile rubber or paint over an existing linoleum floor. Usually these stains are found beneath a rug or carpet that has been in the same place for long periods of time. I m probably going to put a subfloor down and then either linoleum or tile on top of that. To fully remove linoleum you ll need to tackle both of its layers.