Removing flooring

[Sammz]

I want to lift the current floor in a couple of rooms but have no idea how to do it. Could anyone tell me the best way to remove wooden flooring?

 

[WoodYouLike]

Could you give some more info, please? Like what kind of flooring: boards, click-system, nailed, glued etc etc etc.

 

[Sammz]

I would if I could but it's what was there when I moved in and I'm not sure how to tell.

It looks like boards but I can't really tell how they're joined. They go right under the bath.

 

[JohnD]

Do they look like wooden planks about 4 inches wide? Or like smooth chipboard about 4 feet wide? Is there a gap between them you could poke the blade of a (blunt, table) knife down?

Can you see screw-heads or nail heads in them and how far apart are they?

Does it have a glossy surface or is it old, dry and faded?

 

[Sammz]

They are 7.5" by 46". There is a join but i couldn't fit anything between it, I don't think. They are shiny, not old and faded.

Maybe I should just employ someone to do it?!

 

[JohnD]

They are 7.5" by 46". There is a join but i couldn't fit anything between it, I don't think. They are shiny, not old and faded.

They sound to me like flooring laminate, either glued down or clipped together. There is probably a chipboard floor beneath them. Why do you want to take them up?

 

[Sammz]

I want to lay vinyl tiles instead as the water is wrecking the current floor.

 

[Moz]

Sammz
in the corner of the room , use a stanley knife an score a peice out an pull it up, underneath should be a cushion mating if , not rip it up in chunks

if the underneath substrate is chipboard , I would lay sections of 4mm wbp ply ,screwing down then put down vinyl tiles , the substrate base will be very secure an no further worries with damp then.....
hope this helps

 

[Moz]

sorry meant to say

lay the 4mm wpb ply on top of the chipboard if the chipboard is nice an dry ..lol