Remove Hardwood Floor Glued To Concrete

Engineered hardwood floor glued down to concrete.

Remove hardwood floor glued to concrete.

Remove the flooring with a hand held floor scraper after putting on work gloves. Pull up on the. Insert the blade of the scraper under the loosened edge of the flooring and lift up on the handle. Determine the thickness of the hardwood flooring to be removed.

The figure in your case could be higher or lower. 85 total man hours to remove hardwood and adhesive that was left behind. You can do this by checking the floorboards against the walls. Mitchell newman the principal of habitar design and stratagem construction says.

In general expect about ten square feet per hour working at a good pace. Place a ruler through the joint to the subfloor below gaining an accurate measurement of the floorboard thickness. The wedges are placed where the planks meet. One method to remove the glued down wood floors on concrete without power tools.

If you re removing regular tongue and groove flooring that isn t glued to the floor the hardest part will be prying the first few boards loose with your crowbar. This includes complete removal with a smooth clean concrete slab ready for re installation of a new floor. The numbers came in like this. Need 2 long crow bars.