How To Level A Hardwood Floor Without Removing Boards

Hardwood flooring makes a welcome addition to any home but it can be daunting to deal with once it s time to remove or replace it.

How to level a hardwood floor without removing boards.

How to remove hardwood flooring. Clean it well with a wet dry vacuum. If the area is very large use a long straight 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board and set your level on top of it. Our flooring is about 3 4 inches thick so i set the blade depth about 3 4 inches deep so that the blade cut through the hardwood floors without cutting into the plywood subfloor.

Remove the baseboards and lift the floor boards up. Stripping hardwood flooring the wrong way can cost you hours of backbreaking work leave you with an enormous mess and even cause permanent damage to your subflooring. Pound nails into the subfloor with a hammer and set screws slightly below the surface of the subfloor. On the top side of the floor another fix it idea to lay down new hardwood over the existing floor.

We had 3 different types of flooring on the main level of our home so we want to replace all of this mismatche. A plywood subfloor will bridge any minor waves in the existing floor and leveling compound would help too. You will have to make sure your joists can handle the addition of considerably more weight from the plywood subfloor and any floor coverings. If the floor is uneven lift up the board until it is level so you ll know how much flooring compound you ll need to even it out.

Check for levelness remove any obstacles from the floor. First set the blade depth on your circular saw. If they are glued together use a circular saw set to the thickness of the flooring to cut along each joint in the floor to separate them if.