Removing Floor Plywood
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Removing floor plywood. If you are ready to upgrade your existing floor you will need to remove the old vinyl first. Clean up and go home. Put the flat end of the pry bar on top where the trim and wall meet. Insert the blade of the saw under the edge of the plywood and cut along the top of the joist to cut the nails in half and then lift the plywood off.
If you have a subfloor take a medium sized pry bar and hammer to get an edge up. In some circumstances you can install new flooring such as laminate flooring hardwood or engineered flooring over vinyl flooring as long as it is in good condition. Finish prying the board up with a long steel bar also called a manual tamper. Place a wood block against the wall a few inches above the baseboard.
Pull up one piece of plywood underlayment and inspect the floor below. Catch the sanding dust in a wet dry vacuum. Ironically on this job the underlayment was attached to the subfloor way better than the subfloor was attached to the floor joists. Pound down any broken or cut off nails that.
In this instance you ll need to remove the baseboards completely in order to remove all the old flooring. Use a detail sander to remove the old adhesive and reveal the original hardwood floor. Every plywood floor on top of that is called a subfloor. Removing vinyl is a good diy job most homeowners can do on their own.
Remove lifted sections as they become freed up from glue and fasteners. It s reversed like being in the basement looking up.