Does anyone know how to removed hardwood floors that are glued down?
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crowbar and hammer....and a lot of elbow grease,,,only way I know....
crowbar and hammer no seriously i should know ive been doin it long enough
Floors are not usually glued down, they are nailed at an angle in the tongue and groove. Either way crowbar and hammer. Why not refinish them. it is a lot easier.
If you dont want to save the floors I would use a pry bar and a 8 pound slegde hammer after the wood is gone you can use a glue stripper and a scaper to get the residue off the floor.
Yup.
This will take a long time, depending upon the glue that was used and how smooth the underlying slab is.
First of all, set a circular saw to cut to the depth of the wood so that you can cut all the way through the wood but not cut into the slab underneath. Cut a line, along a joint line if you can, about 18" out from a wall, then cut another line about 12" out from this one. This defines the starter row that you are going to take up.
Us a pry bar and heavy sledge or lump hammer to remove the wood in the starter row.
Then make cuts in the floor, with the saw, about 12" apart at right angle to your original cuts. Now use the pry bar and hammer to remove each of the rows marked by your cuts.
The underlying slab will be really rough on the saw blades, make sure you have 3 or 4 spares with you.
You will then need to scrape the floor to remove any leftover glue.
This all takes time and is messy. Make sure that you have a dust collection system on the saw and hang plastic sheets to keep any dust from the rest of the house. Keep cleaning up as you go.
This is a truly horrible job to do. Think about refinishing the existing floor rather than removing it if it is at all possible.
It's very difficult, I use a prybar and hammer when the hardwood is glued to a wood subfloor. When it's glued to concrete, a large heavy pull bar is effective, but then the bumpy glue residue has to be scraped up with a razor scraper 8" works best. The rental yards usually have great tools and advice to make the job easier. good luck, swequin
If you have a large area use a air powered chisel. You can rent it at a rental yard. The one I'm talking about is on a long handle like broom handle length. This is usually used for taking off tile but I own one and just used it to remove an entire kitchen of very well glued down engineered oak flooring it worked awesome.It will be well worth the rental fee for you.
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