I’m a former contractor/carpenter myself, but am having someone else remove some glue-down parquet flooring from my house and neither of us has done this before. I installed it myself about 20 years ago, but don’t remember what type of adhesive was used except that it was a trowel-on product. He can’t just pry it up without tearing the heck out of the plywood subfloor. Is there any way to help release the adhesive? Heat? Moisture? Anything?
Red Dog
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RD, everytime I have messed with parquet, it seems to have been glued down with a tenacious black adhesive. I have changed my tactic to cutting it assuming it's on underlay) into manageable pcs through the underlay and prying up the combo. Be especially wary of the wire in the parquet and the nails/staples in the underlay and wear eye protection. Hot metal seems to fly when you least suspect it. They'll be alot of underlay nails/staples to deal with burying or pulling but it still seems the easier way out to me. Further, gives you time and viewability to screw down the subfloor.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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