What is the most effective way to remove old lino from a kitchen floor?

Question

We have very old, very well stuck lino on our kitchen floor. We can't tile over it, as parts are coming unstuck - what's the best option?

Answer 1

what about removing it all where you can and when all is removed pour boiling water on the stuck bits this will maybe soften the glue and then scrape up with a wallpaper stripper or even try a wallpaper steamer.
good luck

Answer 2

I had exactly the same problem, i used a normal kitchen knife and some sort of hammer to bang the knife which then made the knife go under the lino and bring it up. Also use hot soapy water to loosen the glue which then made it easier to get the lino up. Another trick i was shown was moving a hot iron over the lino to loosen it.

Answer 3

A big old scraper with a long handle from homedepot cost about 28 bucks or you can use a putty knife if its loose.

You can rent a mechanical scraper for about 45 bucks for half a day.By renting and using a scraper it took only one day instead of three days by hand to do a whole house..

Did that on five houses I had to tile and saved a whole
ot of wear and tear on the body as well as the extra cost for hiring a helper..

Answer 4

Go to a tool hire shop and hire the correct tool for the job! An electric vibrating lino/tile lifter, makes this sort of job very quick and easy.

Answer 5

There is a special kind of wood punch you can buy, normally used for chipping out material for door hinges (it has a 3 inch wide flat end). It makes the work pretty effortless for 2 people, one person pulls back the old linoleum and the other need only tap away at stuck areas.

Answer 6

it really is an not achieveable question you ask. in the experience that your hardwood floor and your kitchen floor are the exact same accurate you may ought to both placed a raised threshold or rip out the present floor. in case you would possibly want to be deliberating ceramic tile you would possibly want to be conversing a three/4 inch distinction or vinyl a three/8 inch distinction contained in the floor. i might want to signify that you examine with a custom woodworker on your section. they could manufacture you a really valuable custom threshold or there's a organization in New England that makes very valuable thresholds referred to as Nelson Watsons that i'm getting from a community carpet save. in case you settle on to tear out the floor, you may ought to tear out more effective than in basic terms the vinyl and also you would possibly want to be conversing a lot extra rate than getting a custom threshold. do not be taken aback what a gifted woodworker can do.

Answer 7

Use a plasterers trowel to slide under the lino

Answer 8

I scoffed my wife when she suggested that we used a wall-paper steamer.

I ate my words it was brilliant melted the glue and we lifted the lino in no time at all.

I suppose she had to have a good idea eventually

Answer 9

If you have actual linoleum, not sheet vinyl, it probably has asbestos in it. My suggestion would be to leave it alone and place 1/2" particle board over it, then install new sheet vinyl or tile.

Answer 10

Forget the ice scraper, try a wallpaper scraper - not the 99p kind, there are ones with replaceable blades which are set at a slight angle ( it looks kinda like a tomahawk). Should set you back approx. £3.99.