Removing Glued Down Hardwood From Plywood

Removing those same hardwood flooring boards is another matter.

Removing glued down hardwood from plywood.

Insert the blade of the scraper under the loosened edge of the flooring and lift up on the handle. Sand and refinish wood floor after the adhesive has been removed allow ample time for the floor to dry. Remove the flooring with a hand held floor scraper after putting on work gloves. Pry up the first full row of flooring using your pry bar and mini sledge.

This will become our starter area for the tear out. Pull all the exposed nails from the loose plywood. Pull up on the. Once the floor is completely dry rent a floor sander and edger to sand the floor smooth and remove any traces of adhesive.

How to remove hardwood flooring first set the blade depth on your circular saw. Need 2 long crow bars. Gluing down hardwood flooring is a complicated process requiring you to painstakingly place each plank perfectly lined up to provide a beautiful surface that can last decades. Finally vacuum up all the dust wipe the floor down and finish with several coats of polyurethane.

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. Pull all remaining nails out of the floor. The wedges are placed where the planks meet. Check that the tongue side of the board is facing toward you.

Once done repeat with another cut in another seam. Use a hammer to drive them back through the plywood and then pull them out from the top with the hammer. It is almost always easier to remove engineered flooring from the tongue side rather than the grooved edge of the board. Having set the blade for the depth of the flooring cut a line about 15 18 away from the wall itself across the entire room.