I plan to rip out my old subfloor / exising floor to level it out by sistering wood on the exisiting beams and then puttting a new subfloor down.
Any tips that advice you can offer on the GUT-UP or it’s just a matter of just force, prybar and hammer 😉
Exisiting flooring is 3″ oak and subfloor is pine planks.
Framing the floor inside a crawlspace foundation keeps a gable-end addition close to grade.
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gloves, eye protection, an NFG blade in your circ saw, maybe two of them, depending how many nails you hit.
Set the depth of cut to just go through
Cut a grid about 12"square
watch where you walk and let the saw arbour cool down every now and then while you remove pieces
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pull up the oak first and then:
Cut between floor joists but near to one side and pull/push them up.
U must like hard work. Can do the same with the oak attached to th esubfloor in far less time and less work on the old back
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Save at least the oak floor. Even the pine sub-floor could be useful.
Duh ! I can't believe I did not think of the circular saw set at depth !
What a lifesaver !The only thing is getting it clean to the wall plates. It's a brick house.....I guess this area will need a little bit more gruntwork.
Cut as close to the walls as you can with the circ saw, then finish off with your sawzall
My Uncle made a tool for this he calls a "Joist Ripper"He started with a heavy piece of tubing about 2" square and 4' long. On each side of one end he welded a 1/2" piece of metal that's shaped like the bottom end of a hockey stick. Basically you slide the bent pieces under the flooring and pry up the next board in line. The square tubing sits on the joist and one of the bent pieces are on each side.Next time I'm out there I'll have to see if I can get a picture...
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I wonder if you could incorporate the use of old leafsprings into making something like that?
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Edited 7/11/2006 10:13 am ET by rez
"I wonder if you could incorporate the use old leafsprings into making something like that?"
I don't know - I'm no expert in metals.
But I think you need something rigid - Not something with any spring to it.
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Interesting - I don't remember that discussion.
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What your uncle made is called a pallet buster
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http://azsupply.thomasnet.com/item/dock-equipment-skid-buster-pallet-breaker/skid-buster-pallet-breaker/pn-9150?&forward=1
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That looks more or less like the one he made.It's the same, only different. (-:
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I've found that a mattock is a good tool for removing flooring--much more "user friendly" than a wrecking bar. Much better leverage and the handle has a nicer grip.
I like to rip down between the joists, with side cuts every couple feet, much as piffin described.
As much as I hate to admit it, an indispensible tool for just what you're talking about is the following wrecking bar from harbor frieght:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=38771
The bar was purchased 4 years ago for about $7 and it's been used almost every week since. This is probably the best buy of any hand tool since the shape is perfect for most prying and the steel is better than many brittle bars costing 5x as much. Every carpenter who has used it wants one.
I've also picked up a 36" version from GreatNeck or something like that--for $15. It's the big brother, but not nearly as handy as the 24" model at the link above.
Good prying
That is a 'Wizard'Can't operate without one. I wore one out, had a second one re-welded, and a third that grew legs, so I'm down to a welded repaired one - just like me;)
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Finally a name for the crazy thing! It's quite surprising that more people don't use them since they're cheap and work so well.
Don't you love it when someone borrows the bar and hammers on the claws instead of the body to get under something. Maybe that's why the design isn't more popular!
:-)