how to remove vinyl bathroom floor

[A.D.C]

[Fred]

Don't rip up the subfloor just the underlayment above it. Its usually 1/4" particle board. You need to verify what you have underneath before you adjust you circular saw for a 1/4" deep cut and let her rip.

I think you're screwed (very time consuming to remove that is) if its glued directly to the subfloor.

I also have a small corner by the bathtub that needed to be repaired but I try to remove just that portion of the vinyl and damaged wood and patch it up with a matching section. May end up ripping the whole bathroom floor or lay another floor (laminate) over the existing vinyl, but I'll try to save it first.

[A. Jacobs]

I need to remove and replace the bathroom vinyl floor. There is water leak from the tub into below the vinyl floor and cause the vinyl to change darken color. I heard that its impossible to remove vinyl floor and need to cut out the entire particle board wooden sub-floor. Is this correct? Thank you for your advise.

[Fred]

Remove the entry transition piece at the bottom of the bathroom door and have a look if you can. Otherwise you could use a hole saw and drill down

1/4" at the damaged area.

Most likely it has a 1/4" particle board underlayment, use a circular saw as suggested below.

I wouldn't put tile on second floor, usually cracks given enough time due to house movement but that's just me.

[A. Jacobs]

seems like the vinyl is glued to the bathroom floor. How can I tell for certain? Only 3 square inches of the bathroom changes color. How do I remove & replace the entire bathroom vinyl, many be with ceramic tile?

[Fred]

I use laminate flooring its not as water tight as vinyl but you could replace sections of it instead ripping the whole vinyl or tile flooring. With laminate you need to be more careful to seal around all the edges against water intrusion.

[G Henslee]

Keep it simple. Install 1/4" Hardibacker over the existing vinyl/underlayment and tile over that.

[A. Jacobs]

If you do not recommend tile, what do you recommend for bathroom floor, other than vinyl?

[Fred]

no

[A. Jacobs]

My mistake. Is vinyl and laminate flooring the same thing?

[whodat]

whats causing the leak? bad caulking, showerbody dripping behind the wall and underneth?

[DJ]

"Pergo" is laminate, a plastic, glue or click together flooring that comes in planks, most often with a woodgrain pattern but also available to look like ceramic tile.

Although, technically speaking, most vinyl flooring is laminated with two or more distinctly different layers, it is considered sheet flooring unless you are using individual vinyl squares.

DJ

[A. Jacobs]

What is the difference between laminate and vinyl flooring? Are they the same stuff?

[keith]

I just ripped up all the vinyl in my house (~500sq.ft.). Yes, it had the same "paper" on the back. No, it disn't easily peel apart. ...hardly! WAPITA :-(

[A. Jacobs]

Yesterday, I went to Lowes and check their vinyl floor. I found the back of plastic is actually made of paper type of material. It can be easily peel apart. Is all vinyl floor is made like that?

[A. Jacobs]