Easiest Way To Pull Up Laminate Flooring

Pull it up and back towards you at about a 45 degree angle.

Easiest way to pull up laminate flooring.

Place the tip of the curved end of the pry bar in the space between the first row of planks and the wall. Place a clean rubber faced grouting float on. Remove the top layer of flooring material with a scraper or oscillating tool. Using a utility knife score the flooring into 6 12 strips.

Start at one edge of the flooring and slide your fingertips under the edge of the outermost strip of laminate. Now that the floor is clear and no moulding is present locate the wall that has the tongue side of the laminate flooring. In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time. A simple underlayment of foam sheeting is usually sufficient as a base for laminate planks.

From the second course onward you should be able to separate boards by. Remove the rest of the flooring boards in the same way disengaging the ends and then pushing the boards toward the wall. Floating laminate floors are the easiest to remove because they are not glued down to the concrete and are merely snapped together. In order to separate the boards easily it s important to pull them toward that side.

Prepare the subfloor. Working in sections apply heat to soften the bottom. Start the disassembly in one of the corners on the groove side. Reach under the edge of a laminate strip and pull it back towards you.

Laminate flooring can usually be installed successfully right over old floor coverings such as sheet vinyl provided the surface is flat and smooth and not soft or cushiony. For proper installation the subfloor or old flooring surface must be flat smooth and clean. The planks are easier to remove if you begin from the tongue side rather than the side with the groove.