Removing Carpet Over Linoleum

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.

Removing carpet over linoleum.

Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips. Yellowed stains on linoleum flooring can be an unpleasant surprise when doing a deep clean of your bathroom or kitchen. Is it like an indoor outdoor carpet. 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. Simply place the luan sheeting over the floor and secure it. 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.

Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. The top is a layer of flooring material that should come off fairly easily. Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.

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. Rather than remove your linoleum kitchen floor your can simply cover it up. It s just that i can t budge that carpet up even a little bit.

Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. Once the sheeting is down you will be able to replace the linoleum kitchen floor with the material of your choice. It s more of a it s an indoor carpet. Carpet tiles over linoleum not fun.

For peace of mind it would be worth trying one before working on those carpet tiles. It is less expensive to lay a new floor over existing linoleum rather than to remove it. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. I cannot say for sure whether you need to worry about asbestos.

I m probably going to put a subfloor down and then either linoleum or tile on top of that. So i don t really care about flooring anything underneath the carpet. Occasionally some carpet installers use carpet glue. 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.

Fold back about 3 ft. Most adhesive carpet squares remove cleanly but some may leave a remnant of adhesive behind. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Using underlayment will make your new linoleum floor smoother than simply laying new linoleum over the old.