Tearing Up Hardwood Floors

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.

Tearing up hardwood floors.

If necessary go over the area again with a vacuum or mop to clear away any especially fine dust remaining. You can cut each section into approximately one to two feet wide portions. This is helpful because hardwood planks are all different lengths and make it really tough to remove quickly. Removing hardwood floors in one of the houses we renovated.

Then we came up with this one which. 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. Pry up the first few boards to give yourself room to work.

Sweep the sawdust wood chips and other debris into small piles then use a shop vac to suction them up. We used several techniques that we found very uncomfortable. Cut the hardwood flooring perpendicular to the direction the flooring is lying.