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Removing stubborn resilient tile from a concrete slab can be a hideous job unless you have the right tool: a tile stripper, available through tool rental companies.
This heavy contraption rolls on two wheels and chips up the old flooring, using a replaceable blade. The same tool will remove resilient tile from wood floors, but you'll want to fit it with a flexible blade made for this task. Over solid finish or subflooring, work in line with the wood grain.
Before pulling up old flooring, be sure neither the material nor the adhesive that holds it in place contain asbestos. You can remove a small sample of the materials, including backing and adhesive, and have it tested.
If any of the materials contain asbestos, leave the old floor in place and cover it with the new flooring, applied over luaun plywood underlayment.
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