| Although hardwood floors should last about 40 | | | | pre-cuts with your circular saw to make it |
| years, in the real world things happen to | | | | easy to get started. These should be 1-2 feet |
| damage it over time and sometimes it becomes | | | | areas. If you were not sure how the floor was |
| necessary to remove hardwood floors. Whether | | | | laid before, you should know after doing |
| you are interested in removing few pieces | | | | this. Make sure you don't cut down into the |
| without damaging it or to go for hardwood | | | | foundation.Steps for removing hardwood |
| flooring demolition, it will depend on a few | | | | flooring 1.Hit each area of the floor with |
| factors such as the following:-Was the | | | | the sledge hammer enough to break things |
| original installation done well?-Is it a | | | | loose, but not so much as to break the |
| floating hardwood floor or a hardwood floor | | | | foundation.2.Use your pry bar to lift the |
| that is glued down?-What type of floor will | | | | panels and panel fragments up off of the |
| you be installing after removing hardwood | | | | foundation. You may find that it is easier if |
| flooring?List of Tools Circular Saw - You'll | | | | you use the tongued areas of the panels to |
| need a circular saw for when you need to cut | | | | pick them up out of the floor. Also, if you |
| into the floor.Chisel - You never know when | | | | pull the panels out individually and stack |
| you'll need to get into a tight groove or | | | | them as you go, you will save a of of cleanup |
| push through some glue. Claw Hammer - When | | | | time and may leave the surface area better |
| floor panels are stuck up next to a wall | | | | preserved for installation of the next |
| area, you'll need a claw hammer to grab, | | | | floor.3.If there is glue stuck beneath where |
| pull, and rip them out.Flooring Scraper - The | | | | the panels were, you need to scrape it up |
| only way you'll get through a lot of glue is | | | | with the flooring scraper and the chisel as |
| with the flooring scraper.Pry Bar - These are | | | | needed.If the floor you have removed was |
| a necessity when it comes to picking up floor | | | | glued down, it may be quite a task for you to |
| panels that are stuck.Sledge Hammer - When | | | | get your mess cleaned up adequately. In this |
| nothing else will get through, you can always | | | | case there will be glue fragments and stuck |
| count on your sledge hammer to bust | | | | pieces of glue that could take hours to |
| things.Before removing hardwood flooring It | | | | clean. Saw dust and tiny pieces of wood are |
| is important to understand what kind of | | | | usually everywhere. If you have a sturdy |
| flooring was used and how it was installed | | | | vacuum you can save some time, but you'll |
| before you begin removing it. This will help | | | | likely be finding things to clean up manually |
| you choose the right tools for the job.If you | | | | that will take you quite a few hours to |
| aren't trying to preserve the wood, do some | | | | complete. |