[Shop-talk] Removing sheet vinyl flooring

[Steven Trovato]

If that fiberboard you're talking about is thin, say 1/4 inch, then I 
think you want to rip that out and replace it too.  Use whatever the 
new vinyl manufacturer recommends to replace it.

At 10:02 AM 7/3/2008, Drew Rogge wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Is there any trick to removing sheet vinyl flooring? We're replacing 30 year
>old flooring in the kitchen and the scraper just seems to split the flooring
>in two leaving the a paper backing or something like that. Does anyone know of
>a good way to remove this stuff. FWIW, the flooring is laid on top 
>of some sort
>of fiberboard. I really don't want to leave the old flooring.
>
>Thanks for any advice,
>Drew
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