How To Remove Laminate Flooring

[@ShiningLapras]

Bro this video is 8yrs old and still better than every other video tutorial. Actual gold!!!!

[@robertocurrlos7470]

Now 10 plus years😊

[@colinmccowan9056]

This really is a perfect HOW TO video, gets right into it and goes over every possible obstacle. We got water in our basement that is now sitting beneath our floating wood laminate floor and we need to take it up, I thought maybe I could figure it out and this video has assured me I can! THANK YOU!

[@latanyaclark7205]

That was the simplest method to remove my old laminate flooring!! Took 1.5 hours and I did it by myself!!! Thanks so much for your video instructions!!!

[@mercedes8570]

Oh my goodness! It took me forever to find a site that actually told me how to take up this kind of flooring! Thank you!

[@kathleenkauffman4921]

I don’t know if you still see these comments since this video was seven years ago, but I literally just had a bamboo floating floor put in. Cost of materials with labor wasn’t cheap. They didn’t even bother to level the floor. So there are spots where it’s literally like a trampoline. I am going to have help reinstalling it, but because of your video I’m saving myself $2200 by removing and labeling the flooring myself. I’m also ordering your handy tool which you provided a link for in one of the comments. I am now a subscriber and I think you so very much. You truly are like the Bob Ross of home improvements. Love your voice!!

[@HouseImprovements]

I am so glad I could help you . good luck!

[@remoteinsanity]

Great camera work! I love how you show how you do each step, like pulling the nails through and popping the trim off, what the channel looks like, etc. I need to repair my bathroom, and need to pull the floor up and re-use it. This is just the tutorial I needed!

[@karentewksbury7357]

Great video!

[@meganherold2334]

great tutorial helped me prep my living room by myself to have carpet installed. Took me less than an hour to remove it and saved me $200 thanks so much!

[@HouseImprovements]

You are welcome

[@sannytizer7772]

@@HouseImprovements You say the floor is floating, but the metal doorway rails are screwed down and stopping the floor from moving or expanding.

[@cathy3873]

Love this guy! His voice is so calming. Gives me confidence!

[@bembjaminbrosenglek1163]

Our house closes on the 30th and we're replacing all the floors. Big help! Thanks for the tutorial.

[@philinspain65]

Point by point, step by step, perfect explanation. I need to level my kitchen floor that sits under laminate in the apartment I just bought. I was quoted 2k for the job. Thanks for showing me that it isn't that complicated and that I can do the whole process myself with minimal investment.

[@nancyyetter7044]

Thanks for the demo! I am having new flooring installed and a big box store charges $1.50 sq.ft. EXTRA to remove wood laminate! Several people told me it wasn't hard, once you get it started, so this really helps.

[@phillykeith]

I have Floors USA trying to rob me at the same price to do this exact job. Thanks!

[@lindabloomfield2262]

Any suggestions? Need to get my courage to do it. Water under flooring.

[@LostBoy2008]

This is the best video I have found - clear and easy to follow. Now I wish you would do a video on how to repair a laminate floor that has become "spongy and slightly sagging" in spots. That's what I'm trying to address now. I'll keep an eye out for more instructional vids by you - so thanks again!

[@HouseImprovements]

check out my entire channel! kzbin.infovideos?view_as=public

[@aintnunya8058]

You took your time and created a very informative video, clear and precise without skipping any steps. All of the questions that I had about removing a floating floor without damaging the panels were answered. Thanks so much for the help.

[@alanbutchart8157]

I just wanted to say thank you for this video. My Girlfriend and I just bought a house in Scotland and discovered the upstairs has beautiful hardwood floors underneath from the 70's so still good solid wood. Thanks to your video I was able to get the laminate flooring up fairly easy though they used a ton of glue which I had to cut with a stanley knife.

[@petestaint8312]

How did the floors turn out? 🤔

[@alanbutchart8157]

@@petestaint8312 really nice

[@ronaldshaw8948]

Thank you so much for sharing. I have to remove a few damaged pieces and as silly as it may seem I didn't think of removing the baseboards. It is so much easier now. Thank you again.

[@ianroberts1997]

Very thorough and patient 👍If screws in large wood trim hidden with filler and painted ( common in Uk ) a magnet is great to find these and dig out filler to unscrew.

[@drgnfly21]

you just saved me a lot of money lol. thank you soo much!!!! I wanted to replace the laminate downstairs. and I wanted to replace the carpet in my boys room with laminate. I thought I would have to buy new laminate. now I can remove it downstairs and put it upstairs. wow thanks a million!!

[@lindawilson4774]

Bob Ross of home improvement. Very serious and thorough. Even I can do this.

[@muhannadgh3681]

I am thankful that anytime I'm looking for a DIY video, Shannon comes up.

[@Flwr2112]

Wow! Looks so easy. By me removing old laminate will save me $1500. Thank you.

[@adrianfsward]

This is the first thing that popped up when looking for a video on how to do this and I must say this is an incredible how-to

[@shannoncrawford1413]

We are purchasing a home with old laminate floors. This video was very helpful in giving us an idea of where to begin as we tear it up! Thanks!!!

[@chrissy212e]

Very easy to follow video I need to move around a few pieces as one of my planks of wood is chipped so I'm going to remove it and put it at the end of the room and hide it with trim. I went to buy a new piece but the store no longer sells my brand or colour.

[@shanetadlock4440]

Thanks !! Having NEVER seen this done.... Watching this removed all my trepidation, because of course, now ive seen it done and know what to expe t and how the process SHOULD go down.... Awesome and thanks again.

[@libertadmatos5780]

Thank you! This will help me save the material I bought that must be removed when an "experienced installer" mislaid my tongue and groove engineered floor that is not Click as he assumed making multiple errors along the way. The planks were not alternated, glued together nor nailed, and are separating.

[@anonymousperson4242]

Wow, such a great tutorial! I loved that you gave different examples of molding. I feel confident now about removing laminate flooring. Thanks!

[@crlaw75]

Those small red-pry tools are a must-have for any project. Money well spent.

[@kittyvenven]

Thank you for such great produced informational videos. I feel comfortable doing these on my own now but would hire you just for sharing all this for free to the public.

[@dplmccarthy]

Nice video Shannon - thanks for taking the time and sharing. I have to do this exercise as the guys who recently fitted my laminate made a dogs dinner of it - I as going to remove it all and replace the boards that they damaged (it appears that they used hammers and brute force to click the boards together). I was thinking of numbering the rows and boards, such as row 1, board A, B, C etc. So code would be A1, B1, etc. Thanks again...

[@srki80]

Now that's a HOWTO done right. Thank!

[@MervsServiceSecrets]

Excellent video. Straightforward and to the point. I was wondering, I noticed a lot of people online who say plastic moisture barriers on top of concrete slabs create mold issues. Obviously you have been installing and removing flooring for a long time. Can you give an update regarding any issues with mold or water pooling up under poly vapor barriers?

[@dansolo96]

Great vid, nice to hear a proper Canadian accent, inspires confidence in the work.

[@kf8286]

I like how your so specific and give examples on what to do and why. I am learning enough to do my own fixer upper house.

[@Julitrexx]

Thank you for this video, your way of explaining and showing what you do was detailed and very easy to understand. Really appreciate it.

[@JeninBelgium]

THIS!!

[@terencebennison6275]

Good vid thanks. Getting my laminate floor up was really easy. Only problem was my house was a right 'tip' whilst I was doing it! Took much longer to tidy up than to do the actual job!

[@721shirl]

Just subscribed. Your video is well done and step-by-step instructions is easy to follow. I'm a first-time homeowner and really believe I can do the not-so-hard things around the home. You are very helpful.

[@HouseImprovements]

Thanks Shirley

[@juskissmeman9910]

thank you for the video! i'm a very young female and wanted my floor done myself! thanks again :)

[@ncmusic61]

Yup thanks , going to remove a few rows to hopefully fix a squeaky floor. Hoping it’s the subfloor!

[@imaginecreate]

This was a very helpful video. Thank you so much. I'm going to try to tackle removing 800 square feet of 15-year-old pergo myself. If I can't do it, then the contractor will charge $1500-$2000US. Is really love to save that money! Wish me luck! :-)

[@muzxin]

Thank you Very much. I know 10" lever-scraper, knife. but screwdriver wich one s better?? which Size? let me know all items please

[@jodyozmckay1265]

I enjoy all his videos. He really does a great job of explaining as he does the work. Keep up the good work Shannon

[@jbock114]

Very informative. especially the little tips like taking a knife to the edge of the moulding and paint so you don't have the paint chip up. well done

[@Kevin.Anthony3]

Brilliant!. I'm hoping to save some money by taking up my old flooring. Very clear instructions. Thank you

[@dragonflysutra3232]

Thanks for video and just wondering what is the tool called with the red handle that is used to pry the trim off?

[@007Nameless]

Trim puller

[@jw198762012]

Flooring pull bar

[@jakewilliamson8263]

Pry bar

[@jimcswk1717]

Straight forward and to the point. Thank you for posting this!!!

[@johnzale7748]

Very clear and informative. The average Canadian tutorial is so much more useful than the average American one.

[@imabeapirate]

eh?

[@denverwood5290]

John Zale Great. Just what we need, more racism.

[@jakewalter3729]

John Zale i

[@kencahill4]

Right.....

[@TA-to7kt]

John Zale - What the fuck does nationality have to do with it?!

[@flowersandlemons]

Thank you! That is so useful! :) I hope to re-use a big piece of flooring.. I wonder.. what is the name of that handy tool you use?

[@shikai69b]

I love your Canadian accent Sir!!!! -coming from a newly minted Canadian.

[@sil-ly4yj]

Hi Chris thanks for this video, very insightful. What do you do when the wooden floor goes underneath a door architrave?

[@stevenv2190]

Do you have to start at that end? What if you need to repair the other end. Does the entire floor need to be removed?

[@alsmith20000]

Any comment on how you know which is the correct end to start from. What happens if you get it wrong?

[@HouseImprovements]

Most floors will come apart either way but will be more difficult from one edge compared to the other. No perfect way to tell ,but many times the edge with a cut strip against the wall is the last edge they installed.

[@alsmith20000]

@@HouseImprovements Thanks for that, looking at mine, it is more of a tongue and groove fitting. I think I need to start from the unfortunate end of the room (only need to remove a section). I'm not sure how to slide the parts away though.

[@steveestes7735]

Excellent info. These videos are very helpful and I plan to use several when framing out the basement in the house I recently purchased. Keep up the great work.

[@jacobkersting1716]

My Wife and I just bought our first house. We plan on replacing all the flooring in the entire house, wood laminate and carpet. We are going to do the flooring demo ourselves to save some money, is it a necessity to remove all the floor trim/baseboard, or can we get by leaving it in? I know we'll have to remove the quarter rounds, but I'm more worried about having to remove the baseboard trim since we're doing the entire house. Thanks so much, I have learned so much from all your videos! *(We are having a professional do the install)

[@antoinehue]

Thank you very much! That helps a lot! Clearly explained and good do's and don't. Thanks!

[@HouseImprovements]

you are welcome

[@CMDNEYO416]

Christ you actually sound and look like a guy I could trust to do home repairs, "Subscribe"

[@saibamoe]

That's how they get ya

[@cinhenry]

This guy was the best teacher! Thank you so much! But mine are glued?

[@RandoPandaSmiles]

Your videos are top notch. Full of good info. Thank you (and your cameraman) for your time and efforts!

[@charlesmcguire6020]

Shannon do you have a video on how to reinstall laminate flooring?

[@killerbee5910]

Aww hell yeah ... this vid just saved me a whole lotta yellin from my dad for burning one of these tiles man. He won't even know that it ever happened.

[@chiefqueef5686]

Did your dad yell at you?

[@thomasngo9559]

kinto un bruh thAt was 5 years ago

[@chiefqueef5686]

Thomas Ngo so he’s 5 years old now. He should be able to understand English.

[@delicious9930]

Did ur dad yall at or not?

[@busterbackster1]

I gotta know did he yell

[@joshwuilleumier3521]

AWESOME job! Helped my home project in its entirety!

[@s1npl1c1ty]

Really useful, thank you, especially for the tips around the skirting.

[@HouseImprovements]

glad to help

[@kevins322]

Excellent video, What is the tool called you called "your red bar" please, it looks really good but I cant' find anything similar. Thanks

[@HouseImprovements]

amzn.to/3ydn6s3

[@ajlizduran]

Thank you very much for the information. Would you recommend adding tile over the floating floor?

[@HouseImprovements]

Not at all

[@milomassage]

Thank you! I appreciate how thorough you were in explaining how to remove each type of transition and the actual flooring.

[@tylerneff6406]

so question. is it possable, as long as ur careful, to replace a damaged area without having to replace the entire room?.

[@nathanhall7891]

At 5:25 you give an especially great tip; thanks for a quality video.

[@ls1n642]

Long shot here... I put some laminate floor the other day, after walking on it for a couple of days, I noticed there’s some uneven areas. I must have completely missed this spots while prepping the subfloor. I need to remove half of the floor to get to the spots. Do they have to be removed staring with the last piece I finished? Or can I remove them from any wall and just install them back in??

[@HouseImprovements]

Most need to be removed in the reverse order they were installed. If you have any pieces left over lay a few out and hooked together and try removing them opposite way and also installing them opposite way they were intended to see how it goes before trying on your existing floor.

[@ls1n642]

I have a few left over pieces that I tried doing this yesterday and it seems to work fine. The other issue is that there may occur damage to some planks. On one of the ends, there’s a tab that the plank which goes on front, clicks into. I had some of those tabs break off when installing. I replaced those planks with new ones, as I had bought extra boxes. I’m now thinking that if some tabs break, I could still use that plank. For example, if it’s surrounded blue other planks, they would hold that particular plank in place. Any advise on this? Thanks for your help!

[@angleshara6899]

Nice work! what do you call the little tool with hook in one end and a knife like look in the other end? I want to buy one too. thanks

[@pabloroman5092]

Thx, this really helped. I have one bad plank and didn't know where to start. 3` away from wall.

[@chrisnorniron]

Great video, thank you. Very helpful. I just need to find one about removing laminate from under skirting boards now.

[@HouseImprovements]

Take the skirting boards (baseboards) off.

[@chrisnorniron]

@@HouseImprovements Thanks!

[@DDDrew8]

This is great. I thought the floor was glued on and difficult to remove. Are all laminate floors installed like this one, without using adhesive?

[@elmalloc]

+DDDrew8 Most are like this.

[@DDDrew8]

thanks.

[@SexyBlkPlayBoi4u]

i have laminate floorin that bulked up in the middle and a few areas around the middle but not all of the floorin is bulky just mainly the middle it was caused by a small leak over time i guess from my ac unit that has now been fixed but water was under it not alot but it has completely dryed but still bulky in som areas what do you recommend i do because its not bad but its just bulky! thanks for any advice because im tryin to figure out the best way to fix it because only a few spots thruout the area where my unit is like in hallway and in my computer room were affected but not all over in those areas!

[@HouseImprovements]

Please use our forum for questions. www.house-improvements.com/forums/

[@fa9595]

Hi there, can you also teach how to fix popping out and squeaky laminated flooring with underpads also installed underneath? thanks in advance

[@Beautiful_Sacred_Land]

Excellent video. Im here cos I have to find out if there is any insulation underlay under the laminate floor ..which I doubt there is as floor is cold. If there is no underlay, then i'll take up the floor (and number the boards ! :) ) lay underlay and refit laminate.. Thanks so much for your video Shannon.

[@tawmitravis2257]

very helpful! best video on removing laminate flooring I've found. thank you!

[@rueG]

I have laminates flooring and the floor makes squeaky noise. The laminates are fairly new . What do you suggest?

[@sunshine3939]

If we are changing laminate flooring. You mentioned if reusing keep in same order stacked . Could we do that and measure the exact measurements of the old planks to the new planks?

[@HouseImprovements]

Probably way more work really.

[@lisawinder2768]

Great video. Thanks for the tips. What is the name of this flooring please as I need to find the exact match if I can to match my hallway. Thanks

[@HouseImprovements]

No idea

[@NivagSwerdna]

If you are having to remove the floor access the floorboards to do some plumbing maintenance and you need to get to essentially the middle of the room can you just work your way in from an middle edge or do you end up taking up the whole thing? Are there groves on the ends or just the sides of the panels?

[@Nga_Babaye]

I know this question is a year old, but to help some else with a similar issue that sees it, the answer is it depends on the size of the leak, where it's at and is the underneath of you flooring wet. Water is the bane of pergo. You'll want to pull up all the pergo that has water under it and allow it to dry air out. This will also help against mold and mildew. If you think of the grooves in turns of male/female, the grooves starting at bottom going counter clockwise are typically FMMF. So right and top are inserts and bottom and left are inlays.

[@Martina-gg6gc]

Thank you v much for the podcast. Great to see how it's done. Thank you.

[@nadmeldev]

Thanks a lot...I had to do this and did not know it was that simple. Great video.

[@amyjeanbelk7561]

Are these laminate planks and vinyl planks pretty much rhe same concept for removing without damaging? Also, would you please repost the link to that tool you used? Thank you!

[@HouseImprovements]

Yes they are really similar. Red bar link:amzn.to/3xksy0G

[@JasminsBoss]

What are the tools to have to do this work ?

[@Mindy-s-channel]

I have the tongue and groove luxury vinyl tile planks in my house and there are no transition zones it is seamless through the laundry room into the kitchen and into the dining room and into the living room. But now I have a plumbing issue underneath my concrete slab in the laundry room. Is it possible to remove just the planks in the laundry room to get to the concrete and repair the pipe and then replace the tiles and it still be seamless?

[@HouseImprovements]

Please use my forum and also post a picture of the room. I can help from there. www.house-improvements.com/forums/

[@mnairm7839]

شكرا لمساعدتك

[@JimLongCO]

Thanks man! You really do a nice job of explaining.

[@darrennaito8118]

Awesome Job. Keep making these.

[@shellacbigblack]

haha, when it's fast forwarded he has the sound of the boards still in place. that's awesome.

[@nishideeptewari]

Explained it really very well... thanks

[@Jhboy2021]

Nice job and descriptions.

[@JuanLopeznyc]

I really appreciate your tutorial. It is informative. Thanks for putting it together.

[@majscrap2629]

Clear, Complete and Concise! Nice! (no rhyme intended) 😃 maybe.

[@ronibucks1465]

Hi What is that tool you use initially? Can you list the tools ? Thanks!

[@HouseImprovements]

roni bucks That red bar is made by "Richard" they call it a 10" lever-scraper, then I used a pair of linesman pliers. I also used a utility knife.

[@tonybuddy123]

another great video shannon. keep up the good work

[@davealin2431]

How do you know which side of the room to start at (or doesn't it make a difference)?? Great video BTW!

[@HouseImprovements]

Dont really know till you try. If you lift an edge they should easily come apart if you are on the right edge.

[@mattleading9888]

Hi Shannon, great vids, theres loads of vids on here but i need a professional to answer my question and i hope you dont mind Shannon. ive had my floor down now for about ayear and ive noticed now that some parts are starting to push up against each other and ive just found out the technical name for it "Peaking"and its due to the floor not having enough room expand and if i dont do something about it now its going to ruin my floor, now ive seen couple of ways to do it and they are using a suction cup and hammer and something called a floor fixer which is about £30, but is there any other way of doing it and abit cheaper then spending £30 of a floor fixer? id really appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks Matt

[@HouseImprovements]

Sorry I have no experience with this.

[@mattleading9888]

Thanks for reply but i thought that was flooring you were doing there?

[@TOONZiTO]

thank you. you just saved me hundreds .

[@HouseImprovements]

You are welcome

[@kimlanfear9414]

imuteu

[@obus4186]

Thank you, i feel like i know everything i need to do this now

[@Maxid1]

That floor have a basement beneath it? I've always thought that the underlayment was a necessary moisture barrier and needed to be taped (like on a concrete slab) or the laminate would buckle. Hardwood for that matter.

[@HouseImprovements]

This home has a full basement below it. The underlayment for laminate flooring has two major reasons for being there. One is to take up small amounts of un eaveness in a sub floor and the second is for acoustic reasons. If you were using this type of flooring below grade you should have some poly laid below the underlayment as well. Taping the seams is recommended to help hold the sheets of underlayment together though.

[@TheBostonFern]

I heard that the tongue and groove can get damaged upon remove, no matter how carefully. Is there a way to safely remove the planks? If they are damaged, can they be repaired?

[@HouseImprovements]

Take your time and work carefully. There is no good way to fix them after.