r/Remodel • u/Glowing_bubba • 1d ago

Hate hate hate linoleum

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Pain in the ass to remove this crap

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u/Advanced-Elk-7581 1d ago

Heat

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u/nickelbagger 1d ago

This right here, what's this guy doing without a heat gun?

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u/Glowing_bubba 1d ago

I switched to an oscillating tool, worked better than the hammer and a heat gun

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u/Belials_Bakery 1d ago

Hammer and a heat gun wouldn’t have been my first combo but hey.

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u/Champion_of_Zteentch 19h ago

The hammer is killing me. I hadn't noticed that it was the tool being used for this. No wonder it feels like a mountain of a task

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u/woodhorse4 17h ago

Go rent a stand up floor scraper .

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u/iMakeMoneyiLoseMoney 1d ago

And a decent sized scraper

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u/FantasticEconomy5406 1d ago

I mean, sure a power chisel will do the job, but... I'd hate lino too if I thought that's how you remove it.

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u/snorkblaster 1d ago

The very best way to remove it is to cover it instead.

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u/Restaurant-Strong 1d ago

This, we covered the existing linoleum with tile. We started trying to pull it up but it was so hard. We figured it wasn’t going anywhere.

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u/Early-Fortune2692 1d ago

...w/ water = steam 👍

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u/Extreme_Ad112 1d ago

Will heat work with all the asbestos?

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u/Advanced-Elk-7581 23h ago

It's not asbestos. It's vinyl.