How To Get Laminate Flooring Up

Sometimes called a floating floor the surface floats on a foam cushion on top of the subfloor.

How to get laminate flooring up.

Laminate flooring comes apart as easily as it goes together but the edges are fragile so you have to disassemble a floor carefully if you want to reuse the boards. In this video i demonstrate how to remove laminate flooring. Laminate flooring comes in a range of styles and formats such as tiles glue down strips and woodlike planks that are installed in a floating format on top of the subfloor. These laminate flooring removal do s and don ts will help you get through the job with a minimum of frustration and with the flooring material in good condition should you want to reuse it for a basement rv utility room man cave shed work room etc.

I hope this information will help you guys. Newer generation laminate flooring is not attached to the subfloor and can be reused if removed carefully. When you want to replace laminate flooring or need to access the subfloor underneath carefully take up the interlocking pieces of laminate. The process to remove laminate flooring is a straightforward.

Individual pieces snap and lock together to prevent shifting. If the laminate flooring planks are glued together it cannot be saved for reuse.