removing laminate flooring that's been glued together

[SJRSJR]

Hello

I want to remove a laminate floor where all the planks are glued together (although thankfully not glued to the floor ). Is the best way to cut them up using a circular saw to the depth of the plank, being careful to avoid the original flooring underneath?

Thanks

 

[SJRSJR]

Sorry, was that a moronic question that warrants no response or a challenging question to which no one knows the answer?!

 

[Jaffa72]

Are you wanting to lift the floor so that it can be relaid or are you just gonna chuck it in the skip?

 

[SJRSJR]

Thanks - chuck it in the skip!

 

[Jaffa72]

i would start at an edge of the floor,say a doorway or similar.Knock a couple of timber wedges under the flooring to lift it enough to cut along the length of the board with a circular saw with the depth set at just below thickness of flooring.Cut along both edges and pull up flooring as you are going.Do this along the full length of the floor until you have a full section of flooring removed(strip),removal of the remainder of flooring should now be a lot easier by just levering the boards until they snap off of the adjacent boards.....just make sure you wear some gloves to protect your hands

 

[SJRSJR]

Thanks Jaffa - I'm looking forward to the snap of the plank and the red raw hands!!

 

[Jaffa72]

It sounds worse than it will be Ive used this method many times with great success(can't really go wrong).If you find that its not coming up as easy as you thought it would by snapping the planks then just persevere with the cutting method i described.......you'll have fun