How To Remove Wood Flooring
Watch How to Remove Hardwood Floors.
How to remove wood flooring. Work your way down the length of the board with the pry bar rather than trying to remove it in one go. Cut Your Hardwood into Small Sections. Once youve finished chances are youll also be interested in installing new hardwood floors.
Okay so the fastest way to remove old hardwood floors is to cut the boards into smaller sections. Step 6 Scrape adhesive off the subfloor using a floor scraper. And have a pile of salvaged wood pieces ready to be donated.
Once you have that square removed youll have access to the boards around it. First set the blade depth on your circular saw. This is helpful because hardwood planks are all different lengths and make it really tough to remove quickly.
Use your pry bar and mini sledge to pry up each section of engineered flooring. Previous MrYoucandoityouself videohttpsyoutube_mC6E54LPJsMy Facebook. There may be residual glue left on the floor but it can be removed with a scraper or air chisel.
If you are not planning to reuse the wood or donate it it will be easier to remove by cutting into small sections. I hold the board up with one tool while walking the tools along the board and prying the board up. How to Remove Snap Lock Flooring.
Flooring that is both glued-down and nailed will be the toughest to remove. Our flooring is about 34 inches thick so I set the blade depth about 34 inches deep so that the blade cut through the hardwood floors without cutting into the plywood subfloor. Pry up the remainder of the boards.