Tips For Removing Laminate Flooring

Now that the floor is clear and no moulding is present locate the wall that has the tongue side of the laminate flooring.

Tips for removing laminate flooring.

The planks are easier to remove if you begin from the tongue side rather than the side with the groove. Do this for all your flooring occasionally to clear away any grime build up. Be very careful about keeping the heat gun far enough away from the work materials and be sure to wear gloves. If your laminate was glued use the floor scraper and heat gun to remove any residue stuck to the floor.

Instead it must be cleaned while slightly damp but not soaking. Laminate flooring isn t the type of product that you can wet mops like vinyl or tile. Anything that s left there can cause issues with your floor installation. Holding the heat gun too close to flammable materials can ignite a fire.

Use distilled water and wipe down the floor where the white marks are most prominent. White marks on laminate flooring can form from water shoe soles pet tracks or build up from cleaning products. Spray down a laminate flooring cleaner and then wipe it away with a microfiber or terrycloth mop pad. Place the tip of the curved end of the pry bar in the space between the first row of planks and the wall.

After removing that row remove one or two more in the same way so that you have room to stand on the subfloor. Step 8 vacuum the entire floor with a shop vacuum. You need a smooth clean surface. A heat gun is invaluable when removing vinyl flooring but it can be very dangerous.

Remove the foam padding from the subfloor. If this doesn t remove the white marks completely then you may need to bring out the big guns. Then vacuum all the dirt and dust to clean the surface thoroughly.