FINALLY the right video i've been looking for!! You know someone has had it with flooring when they come to the idea to grab a torch. Love it

Wow, probably my favorite DIY video ever. It has it all...a common project, trouble shooting, plot progression, danger, fire, juggling a flame thrower with a scraper, and an escape strategy. Just when you think he couldn't possibly pull out a bigger tool or more radical heat source...surprise!

Heat Gun - Please come up. Blow Torch - I'm telling you, come up! Flame Thrower - I'm done asking.

oh my gosh, this works. The floors here are 60 years old, so linoleum became part of the wood underneath. Nothing worked, not a house iron (over wax paper), though worked for small sections. The electric metric scraper we rented was not enough to dig out the linoleum so we returned it. Your idea is not only brilliant, it is the most logical. Thank you! You tube never lets me down. :)

“Pretty unsafe but it works for me.” Story of my life.

hell yea great idea. keep in mind he is on a cement floor not a sub floor

This guy is the literal real life version of Tim the Tool Man Taylor.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE FLOOR REMOVAL VIDEO ON THE THE WHOLE INTERNET! DUDE...YOU ARE FREAKIN AWWSOME! LOL

Try chips of dry ice in a 3' x 3'section. Cover about 75% of this area with the dry ice. In about 10 seconds the flooring starts to pop and curl. No smell.

I've scraped more sheet vinyl than I can remember for a tile company and we never used this method. If you scrap up an area enough you can pull and pill off the vinyl. When you're done you will find paper and glue on the floor. Take a 18", 20", or a 48" x 4" scraper and scrape the floor. It's important that the scraper is long enough to give you side leverage. Scrape sideways, taking a little off each pass. Don't try to take a whole 4 inches off. The reason professionals use a " 4 inch scraper is because the blades are cheaper which allows you to use 15 or 30 new blades on a floor. A new blade will take out a 3x3 area very easily so long as you flip your blade and use the proper method. Replace the blade when they are no longer sharp. Yes, run through your blades that's why you buy them cheap. 5", 6", 8" scraper blades cost a fortune. Stay away from them. For large jobs like a Living room, rent a machine scraper from homedepot.

I love it I've seen guys go at huge shopping centers or mall room floors like this and it works

Well that escalated quickly 😆, I was waiting for some kind of explosive device after the flame thrower, but still not disappointed.

His next videos, on how best to put out house fires.

Nice thanks. You just made my life easier.

It's so satisfying to watch! 💯 😁

This video saved the day! Thanks for the tip! 🎉

YeeeeHaaaaawww! Love it. LOL Looks perfectly safe in that room.

Thank you 👍👍👍I will try this.

We love your style!! 😆

I'm about tackle the same thing. I already have that mega blow torch, but I also found another that has a smaller diameter nozzle that I think would be safer in my home area (double layer linoleum). Thanks!

Respect to you bro for doing it yourself.. 💯

I want a flamethrower to get this floor up! It's driving me insane!!!

So satisfying

Cool video, thanks for the info. I was a placer gold miner years ago and I enjoy your exploring. I will post some exploring videos when I get my boat operational. There are many gold, copper,ect. mines in my location, in fact two old patent mines have restarted near me.

You need to just mount that torch on the scraper so that as you move it forward it heats and then scraps. A single movement. This was genius.

I will buy blow torch attachment from Habor Freight. Looks handy.

Very good idea.

This is the best video thank do

One person on the torch and another scraping.I don't think there is a faster way to do it.Thanks.

I just pulled up my mom's linoleum floor in her kitchen and bath, and Damn it took forever! 3 days to be exact. I used a heat gun. Wish I had known about this harbor freight torch.

Very satisfying

Schmardt. Brilliant . Break all the rules and come out winning. love ya already.

Wow so effective!!

That's amazing!

Awesome, kudos

Nice. its harder to start some things on fire than people think, so don't worry about the safety gear!

Omw to harbor freight! Thank you!

Good ingenuity

Hahaha. Love this guy! I have the same issue!

What I did was stage a gas leak fire and collected insurance to build a new house. I'm not scraping linoleum. Fuck that!

Thanks for sharing

Man... if only I wasn't trying to SAVE the hardwood under it!😂

Lol pretty unsafe but works for me! U know we all have a way to do things! Thanks for the video!

Yes! I'm doing this but with the smaller torch for a much smaller indoor space ~ Thankx

That's the kind of weapon you go after 20' ants with.

I love it! I would do this for a living and just this. Pyro floor peeler extraordinaire co.

exciting video looks like you watched tool time with Tim Taylor love it thanks

How do you get that tar like glue? I am using goog off but it’s a lot of work?

You better hope you don’t have a gas line under that garage......or your getting a first class ride to outer space 💥

I do the same just I put very very hot water and works great to

Love the escalation

nice job

Did this also take up the adhesive?

Hell yeah brother

Yup that works!

Gettin it done!

With two people, this job will be both easier ,, faster and less dangerous.

All about the right tools.

Home Depot rents a machine that takes those floors up fairly easy and fast.

Awesome!!

Been doing it for years it's the only way to go

I would suggest that if you are planning to remove some type of old flooring in your house, that you get it checked to see if it contains asbestos.

Now attach the torch to the scraper - million-dollar invention.

Look at how that asbestos paper backing just doesn't burn.

I am having a hard time getting all of the glue off from peel and stick vinyl from the 70s. Is it really necessary to remove ALL the glue, or just the sticky areas? Would you recommend sealing the floor even if not all of the glue has come off? I am planning on installing floating luxury vinyl tile over a 6 mil plastic barrier.

Finally a solution that works. I'm done scraping at this for I have blisters on both my hands I cant take much more

Quick way to remove the flooring from that cement on that rehab. I'm going to try the small propane torch on a small bathroom with cement flooring. Not looking forward to it, but what it is, it is 😁

You are a crazy man!

Definitely works.. the removal machine is 100-130 a day.. but this looks faster actually..

You found the best way is easy y one person.heat the linolium and the other person escraping the floor at the same time

That's pretty funny I was just watching a video and somebody had a little heat gun I said that's never going to work. I was about to grab my propane torpedo heater 60,000 BTU, you broke out the flamethrower!

Awesome 👍🏻 I was getting pissed at mine

The off gas from the burning vinyl ???

My friend tried this flame technique on old linoleum from 1960s. The odor was absolutely TOXIC! Hurt to breathe! We ran outside immediately. It was inside a room! Checking with environmental authorities.

Is there still remaining adhesive on the concrete? How does one get that off?

Hummm...would that work on a stubborn carpet stain? :)

Awesome

cool channel! is that the cove area of Lucerne? either way nice location. I bought a place out there 7 years ago in the banana belt part of Lucerne as a getaway place but im now in the process of moving up there from orange county. great videosi just subscribed look forward to the next videos.

if you can peel up the top layer, the wear layer, the felt layer under it can be soaked with water and scraped up a lot easier let soak for at lest an hour, keep changing the razor blades as they get dull. might want to send a sample of it and get checked for asbestos. it was still being used in sheet vinyl in the 80s

I have some old linoleum in this house and there is so much glue. I tried this and maybe I am not doing it correctly. Should I leave the heat on for longer periods of time? Bought the same torch from Harbor Freight that you have. Any help or ideas will help me! Thanks a millions!

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Sweet.

I used the chemical remover method on a 2'x6' area. Took forever. Smelled bad and the chems were expensive. Will definitely be using the flame method in the bathroom. 2 questions. How to explain the necessity of that sweet ass HF chad torch over the tiny beta torch and will this method work on wallpaper?

I used a really hot (°300+) steamer. They're very affordable and have many uses. The heat losens the glue, and the moisture neutralizes it, add a little soap and the glue loses all tack. It's fast, easy and......SAFE! 😅

You da Man!!

Pretty much burn 🔥 down my laundry room. But hey it’s makes it easier to clear larger areas 😂

Amazing and dangerous. But mostly just amazing.

I was going to use mine to do this... just came here to see if someone else had the idea.... and didn't burn the house down.

that looks just like the tile i had on my basement floor,and that had asbestos in it, and was on with some kind of asphault adhesive, i was told to keep the floor damp to keep the dust down, and wear a mask i used an attachment for my sawsall made by spyder, it just looks like a giant scraped ,boy did that go quick, but i still have yet to get up all the glue, any suggestions

How do you get rid of the black sh-t that's left? I've been banging on a paint scraper with a hammer (like you would with a chisel) to remove my linoleum tiles and it's been a tedious and backbreaking job but some of the tiles have come right up.

Another method I thought would work is to long cut the linoleum into 8 inch strips and use a heat gun (not a hair dryer) and peel as you heat and work the linoleum.

Great

I love manly men! Thank you

so how many would do that flame thrower job for free?

FIRE!

boiling water works as well in the right situation. but that night be better.

go BIG or go home! lol

dude, that torch is the shit!

I recall reading something about the possibility of concrete exploding under high heat. I don't know if that's true.

Was the floor still sticky after the linoleum was pulled up?