If you plan to reuse the flooring in another room be sure that the other room is smaller so there is enough material to cover the floor.
Can you take up laminate flooring and reuse.
The lifetime of a floor goes through repairs reuse and general upkeep that will require a laminate floor to be removed at some stage.
There are a few things to consider or take care of before you actually remove the laminate floor tiles or planks.
The relamination process is a fairly simple project to undertake.
The lifetime of a floor goes through repairs reuse and general maintenance and this requires that the laminate floor be removed for certain purposes once in a while.
If you are removing some of the planks to get to one that needs repair stack them in order as you take them up so they can be reinstalled in the same order here are the don ts of the job if you re not going to reuse the trim or flooring don t worry about being careful tear it out with abandon if you like.
To do so clear the room and remove any molding such as baseboards and transition strips that is installed on top of the laminate flooring around the edges of the room.
Use your fingers or the prybar to gently pry the corner piece of the snap lock flooring up and away from the subfloor.
Removing tongue and groove laminate flooring is not a hard thing to do.
When you want to replace laminate flooring or need to access the subfloor underneath carefully take up the interlocking pieces of laminate.
This video aims to teach diyers how to lift up laminate flooring.
Glued laminate was the first generation of laminate.
There are many reasons why someone might have to lift the laminate up to get to floor underneath whether it is damp water spillage or the need to access pipes.
Start in a corner along the wall where the installation finished.
This video aims to teach diyers how to lift up laminate flooring.