How To Remove Old Floor Boards Without Damage

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How to remove old floor boards without damage.

If not you might end up damaging your wall or trim piece. Or prise the boards up but then rearrange them so that damage is under the furniture. Video transcript danny lipford. How to remove hardwood floor.

To minimize any damage slice through the paint right where it meets the top of the base. Hardwood flooring makes a welcome addition to any home but it can be daunting to deal with once it s time to remove or replace it. If you do not set the blade to match this thickness you run the risk of cutting through the boards and into your subflooring the base floor beneath your floor boards. Prise the boards up at the edge of the room so that furniture covers the damage.

Grind off the tops of the nails and the old deck board comes right out. Nail removal is the problem pull through the nails don t belt them back they way they entered the board if a nail gun was used if they are the twist type with a wide head you are going to have to tap them back and remove with a claw hammer which will cause some splintering. A sand and re oil after being re nailed will hide most of the damage. Stripping hardwood flooring the wrong way can cost you hours of backbreaking.

This is a trick i learned years ago. More times than not people put the old base back on or use new base that is the same height. In order to re cover an existing deck you have to first remove the old rotten deck boards. Removing baseboard without damage to your wall or molding is a fairly simple task if you do it right.

This will separate the baseboard and wall. When repainting a room you will achieve a more professional look by first removing the baseboards but you cannot simply pry the trim off. If you can get to the ceiling below or basement make a hole in the ceiling under the board s you want to lift and push them up from underneath. No damage to the other boards and this is eas.

Hammers and pry bars will do the job but you speed up the process by using a long piece of lumber for more leverage to pry the boards free. If you install the new flooring over the old that s a whole other topic replacing the base will hide that fine. How to remove baseboards without damaging the drywall. This tutorial covers removing baseboard the old fashioned way with several common tools.

It s important to do this carefully so that you don t damage the framing beneath that you want to keep.