Removing Carpet Over Linoleum

Removing adhesive carpet squares from linoleum.

Removing carpet over linoleum.

Rather than remove your linoleum kitchen floor your can simply cover it up. Of carpet and cut it into easy to handle strips photo 1. Once the sheeting is down you will be able to replace the linoleum kitchen floor with the material of your choice. Continue pulling up carpet a few feet at a time and cutting it into easy to handle strips.

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. Usually these stains are found beneath a rug or carpet that has been in the same place for long periods of time. Carpet tiles over linoleum not fun.

I cannot say for sure whether you need to worry about asbestos. Then grab the carpet by hand and continue to pull it up along an entire wall. To fully remove linoleum you ll need to tackle both of its layers. It s more of a it s an indoor carpet.

Use a utility knife with a sharp new blade to cut through the carpet backing. 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. Luan sheeting can be used to cover up a linoleum kitchen floor. Simply place the luan sheeting over the floor and secure it.

Most adhesive carpet squares remove cleanly but some may leave a remnant of adhesive behind. The top is a layer of flooring material that should come off fairly easily. Pull up a few feet of carpet and fold it over. Just grab the carpet with pliers and pull.

It s just that i can t budge that carpet up even a little bit. To detach the carpet from the tack strip that holds the carpet in place along walls start in a corner. Using underlayment will make your new linoleum floor smoother than simply laying new linoleum over the old. 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. So i don t really care about flooring anything underneath the carpet. For peace of mind it would be worth trying one before working on those carpet tiles. Fold back about 3 ft.

Roll or fold the strip secure with duct tape and remove it from the room. It is less expensive to lay a new floor over existing linoleum rather than to remove it. Whether the rug has a rubber backing or not yellowed stains may still appear and become tough to get rid of. Keep both hands on the knife to avoid cutting a free hand.