I have laid a real wood floor and made a real mess of it. Stupidly I have glued the tongue and groove edged joins between the planks and now as the planks expand the floor has raised in places and it is becoming difficult to open and close the doors to my halway and kitchen!
Can anyone give me any advice on how I may salvage this project and if there is a product that I might be able to use that could loosen the planks that have been glued? Any advice would be greatly appreciated as the wooden floor cost me a fortune. Thanks.
2006-09-14 09:51:30 · 14 answers · asked by Barstool 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
As pva is water based the only thing that will losen it is water. Which will mess up your floor even more. I feel for you bro/sis. We live n learn tho eh.
2006-09-14 09:55:55 · answer #1 · answered by Mean Mr Mustard 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dissolve Pva Glue
2016-12-13 06:05:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PVA is water based, you can't melt it.
But your wood is salvagable, it just needs a bit of work.
You can soak the joints in water, it'll expand more but you might be able to pull them apart if its been done within the last week or so. It will not damage the wood long term, may need to resand and oil it.
If its tight between 2 walls you might have to sacrifice one plank in the middle and cut down it to loosen things up a bit to lift the floor.
Worst case is you'd have to router new T&G edges onto the planks, but it sounds like you might not have the exprience to do that. At least try to salvage the oak/beech whatever in as wide a plank as you can to yu can sell the wood, its not worthless.
If you really cannot seperate them after soaking the joints, then rip down them with a circular saw, someone will buy 4" planks for flooring. But it sould not get to this, you can loosen PVA less than a few weeks old by soaking with water.
2006-09-14 23:01:46 · answer #3 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know white spirit is great for removing blue tack of walls and doors, so it might work with PVA glue.
If the PVA was on the wall then I would have suggested using a wallpaper steamer, as the steam from that removes polysytring glue, and PVA, but I wouldnt advise it on your floorboard.
2006-09-14 21:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Gracey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My son has t-shirt that says "I read the directions first" You wanna borrow it? Anyway, enough of the ridiculing. If most of the floor is laying flat and only a portion of it is buckling., you may want to take out one the end pieces and trim it down to allow for expansion. As far as the glue. Goof Off and Goo Gone work wonders on all glue. Test it in an area that is inconspicuous top see that it does not damage the wood. Good luck!!!!!
2006-09-14 10:11:59 · answer #5 · answered by bugear001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soak the floor with water, PVA is water soluble and will disolve quickly enough, where the floor is coming up gravity will do its job and send the water into the cracks where it is needed.
If it is a real wood floor, I would suggest using tongue and groove carpentry method to fix the boards, that is if the boards are not already so.
2006-09-16 09:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by ligiersaredevilspawn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have dealt with this myself, u need a hot air gun or a very powerful hairdryer, as u heat up the dried glue it will soften, it takes time but does work, should not damage wood, but take care,.........dried, hardened pva glue WONT soften with water,,only fresh pva glue can be watered down. good luck.
2006-09-15 00:06:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason the floor is lifting is expansion/contraction of the timber. The only recovery that comes to mind (ungluing is not an option) is to get a small circular saw...set the cut depth to the thickness of the floor, then run down the tongue and groove joints to give expansion room. Drastic, but the only way
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2016-05-01 15:37:10 · answer #9 · answered by jeanine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are talking less than an inch. good luck...roll a bonding agent on the floor and use a fine sand and a rich mix. 2 1/2 sand to 1 cement...will still probably give you trouble...why not set a tile to make up the difference...
2016-03-17 21:22:34 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋