Tearing Up Hardwood Floors

Removing hardwood floors in one of the houses we renovated.

Tearing up hardwood floors. If necessary go over the area again with a vacuum or mop to clear away any especially fine dust remaining. Then we came up with this one which. We used several techniques that we found very uncomfortable. Sweep the sawdust wood chips and other debris into small piles then use a shop vac to suction them up.

Take down the tarps roll them up carefully and move them outside to be cleaned or thrown away. This is helpful because hardwood planks are all different lengths and make it really tough to remove quickly. Make sure to set your saw blade to the thickness of your hardwood flooring so as to not damage the sub flooring. Okay so the fastest way to remove old hardwood floors is to cut the boards into smaller sections.

So cutting them into smaller pieces of wood makes it easier to pry up. Alternatively use a circular saw with a carbide tooth blade to make a plunge cut along the length of the sacrificial board and use a pry. By cutting the boards into small sections removal will go faster and smoother.