Removing glued down Luxary Vinyl Planks

[nisryus]

While cleaning and rearranging furnitures, I noticed several of the felt protection pads for one of my table left red color mark on the vinyl planks.

Since the tables have been at the ame spots for years, the color was not coming off. I tried alochol, nail polisher. I even tried goof off, which caused discoloration near the edge where I applied it.

Wife wants me to replace those planks because we have a whole box of extra planks form the floorng companay.

How hard is it to remove these LVPs?

 

[Greenman]

Are you sure they're glued down? One of the selling points of LVT is that you can simply throw it down and beat the edges together. If it is dry laid, changing one is tedious but doable. If it's glued I would learn to live with it.

 

[nisryus]

Yeah, the flooring company did it as glued down. I saw some suggestions to use heat gun, so i might try that. But wondering if there is any other way to do it.

 

[Greenman]

Yeah, the flooring company did it as glued down. I saw some suggestions to use heat gun, so i might try that. But wondering if there is any other way to do it.

Heat gun will melt LVT, be careful with it.
As a contractor, I'd absolutely refuse to attempt a repair on any glued down flooring other than ceramic tile. Huge risk with almost no return.

 

[nisryus]

Ah that make sense, heat gun might be too much.

I will try calling flooring places and see how much.

 

[bbhaag]

I thought the whole idea behind LVP was the fact that it didn't need to be adhered to the surface below it that it just floats on the sub floor.. I've installed two of them now one in a bathroom and the other in a office and each time the instructions indicated not to use an adhesive and to leave an edge around the room for expansion and contraction.

 

[Micrornd]

LVP and LVT have been around for awhile now. Most folks are used to seeeing it or getting it from the big box stores that typically have the "click-it" "floating floor" type.
Both varieties do come in a "glue-down" type also. The glue used can be water proof or non-waterproof depending on the location used and the "knowledge" of the installer.
A double-sided tape is also available and used, again depending on the "knowledge" of the installer.
(When I say "knowledge", I'm including experience, but also along with laziness and cheapness.)
I have not seen a "glue-down" LVT or LVP that clicks together (that doesn't mean they don't make it). All the "glue-down" I've seen has square edges on all 4 sides.
"Glue down" that I've seen was generally used in higher traffic areas of residential or commercial areas, just like "glue-down" carpet squares. (Surely you've seen those, Greenman?)

 

[nisryus]

A neighbor's bro works for flooring, so he came over and fixed the planks.

Indeed the planks were glued down. So he cut a little off the edge of a planl, and then pull it up. Afterware, used a scarper to remove the old glue. Apply new glue with a trowel, put on new planks.

Took him 15 mins, longest time was spent on scraping the old glue off.