Hey I have some floor boards to take up in my bathroom, I no to cut down the boards over the centre of the joist so I can put the boards back down easly. So do I jus cut the boards to one side of the nails?
Taking up floor boards
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crow bar hammer and try not making them snap
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Whatever works best to be honest. Being a bathroom, extra care needs to be taken since there may well be pipes and indeed cables just below the boards
Ok I only have a panel saw to cut the boards wil this be ok? Or wil I need a circular saw?
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yes but it takes a while
when doing with a panel saw whats the best way of doing this so don't cut the floorboard ajacent?
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You may have to run a stanley knife down the tongue if your boards are tongue & groove
You can hammer the nails down through the board with a punch
...I'd rather take a bit longer, I hate knackered floorboards, don't ask a spark to do it, they're butchers
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You can hammer the nails down through the board with a punch
...I'd rather take a bit longer, I hate knackered floorboards, don't ask a spark to do it, they're butchers
(ducks for cover
)
An electrician I recommended for a rewire seriously damaged the floorboards according to the owner. So the owner went round in advance and took them up !
If I can, I lever the middle of the board length up about 30mm and then cut with a circular saw. That avoids risk to pipes or cables and does a very nice job.
Tony
If I can, I lever the middle of the board length up about 30mm and then cut with a circular saw. That avoids risk to pipes or cables and does a very nice job.
Tony
Thanks would you recommend I get a crow bar or will a wood chisel be ok to prise them up?
What gets my goat (happened recently) is when workmen drive the screws into the floorboard with so much power fragmenting/splitting the end of the floorboard....why...just why???? I've spent a good 20 minutes on a single board trying to get screws out that have been driven in so hard.
Are they screwed or nailed?
nailed
crowbar but not too much force as if wood got knot in it they do split
so be gentle
so be gentle
ok I dont have a crowbar is using a wood chisel no good will I not get enough leverage
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