How To Lift Wooden Floorboards

The plumbing was fine but what they did to my floorboards grrrrrr.

How to lift wooden floorboards.

Old growth wood typically douglas fir oak and maple has higher density and fewer defects than new wood and often comes in lengths of 12 ft. Although sealed with a protective coating hardwood floors can still absorb moisture. Or more which you won t find at a big box store. Being able to lift one or more wooden floorboards safely and without fear of damaging the floor or anything underneath is a very useful skill for any home owner.

You will also see what tools you can use to make the job a little easier. Continue to step by step instructions. My approach is to use a cordless and hence thin kerf circular saw set to just split the tongues off where you want to lift. Laminate flooring is a common choice for homeowners since it is durable comes in many variations of hues and textures and is inexpensive for high traffic areas.

Your laminate can be removed so you can easily move on to your new and improved flooring choice. Sometimes you want to keep old floorboards when you remove them. This expansion and contraction process is entirely normal. When humidity is high the wood expands.

Lifting often occurs due to improper installation of your flooring or because of excess. Lifting floor boards is often required when doing diy here we demonstrate an easy way to lift floor boards so that they can be replaced with the minimum of. When hardwood flooring boards get wet they swell and because they are wedged tightly together and have nowhere to go the edges or middles lift and curl. Solid wood flooring takes in moisture when there is a high level of humidity in the air and then the flooring lets that moisture go when the humidity in the atmosphere reduces again.

Wood is a porous material that expands and contracts naturally depending on the humidity levels in the air around it. We show you how to lift up your old boards so you can use them again. If you can get the whole board you want out cleared you can then just lift it out with a couple of jemmys prybars or my favourite catspaws.