How to remove this type of flooring

[camaross]

Below is a picture of my kitchen floor. They were installed by the builder about 10 years ago. I plan to remove the current flooring and lay ceramic tiles.

It seems that they are glued to the plywood. Anyone knows how to remove them?

Thanks.

 

[Chitown_hillbilly]

What are you putting down instead?

 

[jhelrey]

Usually they glue that floor onto a 1/4 inch piece of plywood. So you might be able to pull up the whole thing. Pull the vent and take a looksky

 

[camaross]

Thank you so much! You are absolutely right. Please see the picture for the 1/4 inch plywood. My next question is should I put the ceramic titles directly on the plywood, after removing the 1/4 inch one? Will that destroy my plywood? If I install the cement board from Home Depot first, could the titles be too high compared to the wood floor in other areas of the house?

Usually they glue that floor onto a 1/4 inch piece of plywood. So you might be able to pull up the whole thing. Pull the vent and take a looksky

 

[camaross]

Some ceramic titles. I am still deciding. Any suggestions?

What are you putting down instead?

 

[Chitown_hillbilly]

Thank you so much! You are absolutely right. Please see the picture for the 1/4 inch plywood. My next question is should I put the ceramic titles directly on the plywood, If I install the cement board from Home Depot first, could the titles be too high compared to the wood floor in other areas of the house?

Can you install over the plywood? Yes... Should you? No. You should pull up the subfloor and put down Cement board to get your floor levels close.

 

[awdblazer]

leave the subfloor, screw the hell out of it, put down cement board and go on tiling
the thicker the subfloor and the more solid the subfloor the less chance of your tiles to crack or grout lines to crack

 

[Craftsman86]

Clean the subfloor as much as possible with a scraper and then lay out your cement board. Once laid out use a 1/4 x 1/4 trowel and put a layer of thinset between the plywood and the cement board and then screw it down. this will save you a ton of headaches in the future. Now you are ready to tile. Be sure when you screw in the cement board you use cement board screws and counter sink the heads to keep your tile from cracking.

 

[camaross]

Thank you so much for the great suggestions, guys!

They are very helpful

 

[dubber]

This was helpful information for myself as well. I have tiling the kitchen on my "honey do list"/

 

[Average_Joe]

You more than likely have 2 layers of subfloor there to bring the vinyl up to the height of the hardwood. If so, I would pull the top layer (likely to be 1/2" or 5/8"). Drill 3/4" or so hole so you can see what's there. You need a 3/4" subfloor under the tile backer. 1/4" backer plus the tile usually gets you flush with the hardwood.

 

[blacksporty]

Just go right over the top of that, no need to remove.

 

[slickgt1]

You more than likely have 2 layers of subfloor there to bring the vinyl up to the height of the hardwood. If so, I would pull the top layer (likely to be 1/2" or 5/8"). Drill 3/4" or so hole so you can see what's there. You need a 3/4" subfloor under the tile backer. 1/4" backer plus the tile usually gets you flush with the hardwood.

Do this, get is as flush with the hardwood as you can. Trust me you will like the cleaner feel of it. If it gets too high, you will need a transition threshold. Sometimes you don't have an option.