2007-12-19 00:45:53 · 5 answers · asked by oneakmusic 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
You say hardwood floor so I'm assuming it's a solid wood floor. A hammer and pry bar should be all you need but a longer crowbar can help. If you have a circular saw you can set the blade to the depth of the wood and make saw cuts across the boards at 1 to 2 foot intervals. This will make it much easier to get the wood up and to put the trash in cans. Pry from the tongue side of the wood where the nails are.
If it's a glue down floor over concrete the method is basically the same but it takes a lot more work then the concrete need to be scraped clean.
You should be able to tear up a nailed floor in one day, the glue down floor would take two or more.
2007-12-19 02:58:04 · answer #1 · answered by Rise Above 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the easiest way is to take a skilsaw (circular saw) and cut the hardwood going across the boards. do this so that you have but it every 1.5 feet or so. then use a big screwdriver and prybar to pop out the first few boards. use a 3 or 4 foot crowbar to pull the rest out. go along after with a nail puller and clear out the staples etc.
this is the easiest way because the garbage then is more easily movable in tough garbage cans since it will all be shorter pieces. i used to do alot of insurance jobs where someones house flooded and the hardwood had to be ripped out a reisntalled. i was fairly easily tearing out almost 1000 sq ft a day normally.
2007-12-19 22:12:48 · answer #2 · answered by hardwoodsolutionscalgary 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some measure it might depend on how it was installed, and whether or not you have a notion to save/recycle the material.
Even for a DIY an 8 hour day or less, isn't a stretch.
Tools, again might depend on the intallation, and the notion of saving or trashing.
A hammer and "Wonder Bar", might be all you need. If it was glued or screwed then the obvious other choices might be a cordless tool, and/or a floor scraper.
Steven Wolf
2007-12-19 08:52:27 · answer #3 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would allow about a day if things go well. Hardwood floors demo very easy usually but taking all the nails out will take some time.
2007-12-19 11:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to ask you this.. 1) Is your kitchen in meter or in feet? 2)What is your hardwood size lenght and wide in cm or inch?
Tool that you need :- a crowbar (6ft) a flat-tip screwdriver (heavy duty) and a hammer to drive the screwdriver between the hardwood.
For a PRO he only take half a day to one day time.
For you maybe two to four days
2007-12-19 09:34:59 · answer #5 · answered by andykmeng 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋