floor boards

[paul wild]

Hi Guys,
Just wondering what method you use for getting up floorboards without causing too much damage ? :smartass:

 

[BillyTheSparks]

Whatever you do dont ask the plumbers to do it!!!!!

 

[telectrix]

circular saw.

 

[arc88]

I tend to use a jigsaw to cut the board, both down the grooves if it has any and across the the board itself if I only want a small section up, going where the nails are to be sure you're on the joist.

 

[Knobhead]

How were you shown?

 

[paul wild]

not been shown as yet, so hence the enuiry ? :smartass:

 

[paul wild]

Sorry missed out the Q ?

 

[paul wild]

not a fan of plumbers then ?

 

[nick611]

cut across the joist run a circular saw down the tongue and groove . bolster up job done

 

[Phil]

circ saw or multitool fein type but just a cheapy one. most houses I have had the fortune of being in after the central heating so they had been up anyway and like Billy said not too well taken up either

 

[paul wild]

Hi nick611,
do you run any sealer down the gap where t/g was after refitting boards mate

 

[Richard]

I Have a cheapo feintool type tool from Aldi and so far it's been great! I will probibly get the bosch equivilent when it dies. Great especially if you need to lift close to walls ect.

Rich

 

[Engineer54]

Hi nick611,
do you run any sealer down the gap where t/g was after refitting boards mate

Pointless really, it would probably fall out in a very short time, with just the movement of people walking on the boards, they flex more than you imagine!!

 

[jase]

oh and try and lift a board where two floor boards meet, that way you can set your circular saw at the right depth, and you wont cut through anything that may be running across the joist in a shallow notch such as a pipe or some previously installed ring mains, lighting cables and shower feeds, not that i have ever done that of course :blush5:

 

[telectrix]

Whatever you do dont ask the plumbers to do it!!!!!

there are several ways of finding where plumbers have lifted boards.

1. water marks on the carpet.
2. creaks when you walk over.
3. bloody great draught from under floor.
4. 4" nails in boards, impossible to remove without destroying the board/s.
5. notches in joists big enough for a bus, rarely within the prescribed zones.
6. burnt and blackened joists and cables.
7. hot pipes threaded through, or sitting on, cables.