Removing Glued Hardwood From Subfloor

How to remove hardwood flooring.

Removing glued hardwood from subfloor.

Clean up and go home. Particleboard is the most inexpensive material commonly used as subflooring. When the job is finished you ll have a subfloor surface that s ready to begin again with a new floor. How to remove glue down hardwood flooring.

Vinyl tiles and sheet vinyl as well as some types of hardwood and carpet are installed using an. Remove lifted sections as they become freed up from glue and fasteners. Better to remove floor and subfloor. We want to remove a bruce maple 3 8th inch hardwood floor that someone adhered to the subfloor with a glue or mastic i have used a hammer and chisel.

First set the blade depth on your circular saw. It s a labor intensive messy process that requires a few tools combined with brute strength. How to remove glued down particle board subflooring. I was thinking it might be easier to cut it out all together including the sub floor and start over.

Assess the damage and cut around it then. A glued down floor refers to flooring installed on a concrete or plywood subfloor with adhesive. Removing those same hardwood flooring boards is another matter. Our flooring is about 3 4 inches thick so i set the blade depth about 3 4 inches deep so that the blade cut through the hardwood floors without cutting into the plywood subfloor.

It is also potentially the worst choice. Start by removing the finished floor hardwood flooring may be reusable once it dries so be careful in the removal process and exposing the subfloor. Although removing remaining glue remnants is somewhat time consuming completing this step is vital before applying new flooring. Ironically on this job the underlayment was attached to the subfloor way better than the subfloor was attached to the floor joists.

Unlike plywood or.