Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Feb 10, 2016 12:58 pm My 12 year old cork floor is pretty dented and faded to bright orange in my large living area and kitchen so am planning to replace it with something cheap as will be selling house in about 2 years. When we purchased the house the floor was the sticking point and we were always planning to replace as we didn't envisage moving for a long time. However our circumstances have changed and we def will need to sell in 2 years. So didn't want to spend too much on a new floor, and the existing floor is just too crappy looking, and will prob put off buyers who like us, thought it would be too hard to replace. The cork floor is glued onto concrete. Thinking of laminate and vinyl planks. But my question is, how to get the cork floor up! I tried to remove a small section to see how easy it was. The cork lifts amazingly easily but leaves a sticky residue of glue. I'm a small female with no strength at all and just a little bit of basic reno experience but if there was a way I could easily get the glue up I would give it a go myself. There is a chemical remover that just looks too strong to use for such a large area even though that would have been the easiest option. Or would be a suitable mask be good enough? Apparently you can order a special mask through bunnings. The next option, after months of google trawling, is to hire a wet diamond grind - how easy would it be for me to use this? considering I have no strength at all and the machine would need to do all the work? Is there anyone anyone can recommend someone in Perth who does this kind of floor stripping (I am south of the river)? Next option was to take cork flooring up myself and leave the glue, then choose a flooring that just required an underlay so didn't have to remove the glue. Is this a bad idea? It does limit flooring choices but would seem to me to be the cheapest way of replacing the flooring? Finally, can anyone recommend any floor strippers in Perth? Again, after so much internet 'research', this seems to be such a cowboy area - I was unable to find any solid recommendations? Any thoughts, ideas would be most helpful. Re: cork floor removal - help!! 2Feb 14, 2016 11:25 am Hey, I'm in Leeming and I do this sort of stuff all the time, yet I'm out of the country for a while. Can I suggest just simply laying laminate on top of the cork?? There is nothing wrong with that. The foam underlay that goes with the laminate will take care of any dents up to about 3mm depth. Sty away from vinyl as it is unforgiving on non perfect substrates. Any doors which need to be adjusted will be a piece of cake, any handyman could do that for you for bugger all. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair At a bit of a loss on this one - we're thinking the original owners never removed the protective laminate covers from their kitchen cabinets after installation and in the… 0 6328 Hi, planning on using the attached stone pieces in my bathroom. I want to remove stains and gloss seal. Can I get some advice on best way to remove stains and best… 0 6700 PM me your email. I have a build excavation calculator you can use based on your plans to double check what your builder is telling you. Cheers Simeon 1 10205 |