DIY: HOW TO REMOVE VINYL FLOORING : BOSCH MULTI TOOL

This BYOT DIY project details how to remove sheet vinyl flooring using a Bosch oscillating multi tool. This is a step by step tutorial on removing sheet vinyl. The MultiTool is extremely useful and can make any job easier. Bosch oscillating multi tool is my favorite tool of all time. Bring Your Own Tools (BYOTools #27).

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[JoeCarlinCA]

Holy crap man, you saved me so much! Having someone install new tile, but they needed to rip up the linoleum to get a good bond with the subfloor. They gave us a fixed bid for the install but (understandably) would charge us $125/hr to do the demo, and not sure how long it would it would take. I took a stab at doing it myself, and it took for freaking ever using a scraper, a hammer and crowbar and finally a pneumatic scraper. When I saw this, I ran out and bought a oscillating tool (I'd always wanted one now I had an excuse to buy one), bought a Diablo scraper (what Home Depot had) and not only did it go several times faster, but the scraper damn near lasted the entire kitchen floor. I eventually got a new scraper just to go a bit faster, but it worked like an absolute charm. I'm sure you saved me at least $1k. For that price I'm going on a well needed vacation after this kitchen is done!

[kayjenkins]

This video is a life saver, I was faced with this problem, the lino is glued to within an inch of its life, I was trying to do it with a scraper, now I will get one of these, funny thing to I am also putting down grey hexagonal tiles, they look really good, thankyou for this video.

[tomb]

thank you. I tried with a heat gun on my bathroom where someone had been a bit heavy handed with the glue and did about a square foot in half an hour, realised I needed a different approach.

My house was floorboards, then someone had installed a hardboard layer over the boards followed by glued down lino. The multitool did make a bit of a mess of the hardboard (though I could have been more careful I needed to get to the pipes under the boards anyway so it was being replaced). joys of owning a 70 year old property!

[lizsmith]

Watched this video on Saturday and removed the vinyl flooring in our master bathroom on Monday, so fast and glad I looked before I did what I’ve done in the past. If you don’t have this tool by it!!!!

[Amyvo]

Did anyone else find one of his videos randomly and then watched them all? Lol great work !

[mpmrla]

Nice video. I had a floor scraping job that destroyed two types of manual scrapers and also destroyed a new scraper blade in my demo saw. The job entailed removing old glued down vinyl tile on a concrete floor after having already removed a layer of glued down carpet tile. I needed a tool that was narrow and heavy. My wrist are to old to handle pushing a scraper. I took a $6.00 masons chisel cut the head off ground a 30 sharp edge on it and stuck it inside the end of a 5' section of 1" heavy duty metal pipe. I then hammered the end of the pipe flat against the shoulders of the chisel. This tool made short work of the job
and was very easy on my wrist because it was heavy enough to let the tool do the work.

[lilylomcari]

I have the SAME issue in my bathroom. They put sheet vinyl over vinyl 🙄 I bought tiles to put on top once it’s removed but this tool is going on my list when I’m ready. Thank you!!

[gottaspeakout]

When I tried to use a multi tool to remove hardened glue under vinyl all it did was burn the glue! Not sure how long that vinyl has been down but the stuff I’m removing is now 29 years old. Massive amount of work!

[mcbenis]

I love watching this series! I live in an apartment in the capital, my dream is to be able to get a house that needa this type of fixing. I get so much energy when I watch you do it.

[ballookey]

I came to see a video of how to use this tool to remove flooring, and the video is of the exact same flooring I'm trying to remove! I guess it'll work!

[legoclonekid]

Just for the record, Harbor Freight carries these tools and the bits for far less than other name brands. However, as with most things from HFT, you are substituting the cost for some of the quality. Great for the part time DIYers though!

[adamsmith]

Be sure to use a scraper tool head....totally transforms the utility of the tool.

[WentzTrainFanatics]

Thanks for the video. This helped me a lot! Made my removal much easier.

[gabiwenzelow]

Extremely helpful video thank you for the tip I will get a multi tool it sure beats hammer and chisel. Funny video 2 made my day!😄

[redzones]

Concrete Counter top. AN YES I AM GETTING SOLID HARDWOOD FLOOR . Great TIMING

[nflcolts]

Doing this to my kitchen and damn, even with the multi-tool, it's a bi*** to remove 😭

[cubsgo]

I’m in the process of doing this right now to a large spare bedroom. What a god damned nightmare. I am using a multi-tool and it’s helped a lot, but man...just shoot me.

[thistledowntreasures]

Removing old lino but oscillating tool doesn’t do it alone. Need to add heat to remove all that extra glue. Still much easier than just a scrapper, couldn’t budge the stuff

[avaloscakes]

Been looking for tips how to remove this. I have this tool never thought of using it. And you took me to the store to see what I need exactly. I need specs like this

[BOSSwky]

So what about the rest that didn't come up? How do u get that off the floor????