Lifting Tongue n groove

[rantoftheday]

Got to get beneath a tongue n groove floor for to access under floor running a cable to a shower

whats the best way to do this?

 

[topquark]

Sometimes TQ but what we often find is that there is ...about a 3" gap between the wall and the edge of the joist which allows you to "wriggle" the board free.....as above a circular saw or a fein....what i do is use thr fein to cut across the board on a joist (therfore doing away with needing a bearer) and to use the circular saw (remembering to set the depth so as to avoid the plumbers pipes he`s sure to have left in your way) then when you cant get the saw any nearer the skirting board (due to the sole plate)....just finish the cut with the fein. I try to avoid using the fein apart from where absolutely necessary as the blades are hellish dear.....

Yep, doesn't seem to be any hard/fast rule for it, but forewarned is forearmed (or something like that)

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I use a nail puller and a multi tool.

Remove the nails from 2 boards first, cut the tongue from either side of these boards then cut across the joist at whatever length you need.

I always take 2 boards out cos 1 board with no support on both edges will bounce.

Depends on the span between joists and the thickness of the board.....those 1" thick ones in victorian houses are pretty tough........

 

[topquark]

I use a nail puller and a multi tool.

Remove the nails from 2 boards first, cut the tongue from either side of these boards then cut across the joist at whatever length you need.

I always take 2 boards out cos 1 board with no support on both edges will bounce.

That sounds good, how do you use the nail puller without making mincemeat of the floor board around the nail?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Yep, doesn't seem to be any hard/fast rule for it, but forewarned is forearmed (or something like that)

Talking of forearms....seemed to have pulled a muscle in my left arm banging in backboxes into engineering brick yesterday.....couldn`t even handle the snips right today....soft git...lol.....:whatchutalkingabout

 

[GLENNSPARK]

right then off now see ya all tomorrow...

 

[Phil]

Talking of forearms....seemed to have pulled a muscle in my left arm banging in backboxes into engineering brick yesterday.....couldn`t even handle the snips right today....soft git...lol.....:whatchutalkingabout

those houses in cass are rock hard. my hands hurt for a fortnight after chopping one of those out

 

[GLENNSPARK]

those houses in cass are rock hard. my hands hurt for a fortnight after chopping one of those out

This one was out at guiseley though Phil.....still rock hard though....ohh....if all houses were just thermalite inside..lol....One of my mothers houses in shrewsbury has these bricks inside called ruabon brick . Ruabon is a small town in north wales and the bricks they make there are fired at a very high tempreture so they are super hard............:yesnod:

 

[Rockingit]

The most ridiculous floor I've had in a house was: entrails of teenage boy and furniture on carpet, laid on top of carpet tiles which were glued to strip laminate which was sat on top of solid board. I seem to remember that the client made a run for it and that I was able to do a lot of swearing in their absence. Oh, the fun that awaits the novice sparky......