Has anyone used any of those new deck board removing tools I’ve seen advertised?
Can’t remember where I’ve seen them either, just looked thru the lateset issues of Remodeling and F.H.Building magazines and didn’t see them in there..
Has anyone used any of those new deck board removing tools I’ve seen advertised?
Can’t remember where I’ve seen them either, just looked thru the lateset issues of Remodeling and F.H.Building magazines and didn’t see them in there..
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This one looks pretty good. has anyone used any other types?
http://www.deckwrecker.com/
If ya want fast and easy, use a garden Mattock. Incredible.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Yep, got one quite awhile ago.
It works fairly well once you get room to use it as designed. It'll pop up the decking mostly intact (I was trying to reuse many of the boards.)........ screws normally are left in the joist having pulled through....most big head nails come up with the board... in the case of a difficult fastner.... a 5/4 board will split easily with little effort.
It's not an end-all-do-all tool by any means... but it's a good compliment to the typical wrecking arsenal.
I've also used it for removing plaster lath, strip flooring,and roof sheathing .... pretty much anything n' anywhere there is a stud, joist or rafter available to "fulcrum" the tool....
... it's particularly useful in situations where finesse is preferable to the typical "bash and smash" method of demolition.
Another benefit, the slightly flexible handle and light weight make this tool more comfortable to use over-time when compared to a steel wrecking or digging bar.
Sphere makes a good point about the garden mattok..... 'tis even more handy for most demo.
Edited 4/14/2006 2:18 pm ET by TomE
I usually cut the decks up into small pieces; easier to haul out that way.
Grunge on. http://grungefm.com