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I am demo’ing a large bathroom and laundry room and need to remove both the finish and subfloor down to the joists for tile preparation. No big deal, except where the flooring meets existing walls. Of course, I can’t get my Skillsaw (with a shoe) close enough to take the darn stuff off.
I have been using a combination of handsaws, chisels, and my trusty Sawzall with mixed results. So far the Sawzall with a long bi-metal blade and a sharp wide chisel are working best. Does anybody out there have any better methods?
Thanks in advance.
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Sometimes a chainsaw will work. Ive used a toe kick saw for under cabinet toe kicks but it has a limited depth of cut. There is a flush cut adapter available from tool crib and several flooring saws as well. The adapter was not available for my saw or I would have gotten one already. Try the archives as well, this has come up several times that I know of and there were some good ideas mentioned.
*I seem to recall seeing an adapter made by Milwaukee for their Sawzalls that would offset the blade for a flush cut.Francis
*Scooter - look over in "Tools For Homebuilding" about 1/2 way down, there is a thread "Flushcut Adapter for Milwaukee Circular Saw" by D Scott. I just read it last night, and a bunch of guys were recommending different techniques and tools. - jb
*Nicknamed the "suicide blade" I think... Be careful!I did the same project, on 1x plank subflooring partially eaten by termites. Royal pain. A flexible sawzall blade and chisel were my weapons of choice, too. A flush blade sounds like a great idea -- the circular saw is SO much faster.
*I have the off-set adapter for my sawzall. It works pretty well, when it's NEEDED, but I wouldnt want to use it for a lot of work.I forget the name of the company, (German I think)that makes a flush-cutting 7 1/4" circular saw, big $$$Brian Carucci
*Crain toe kick saw:
*Just bought a new milwaukee sawzall with a removeable shoe to accomplish a similar task, used a long flexible blade. have also used a jamb saw in the past. set it on the wall instead of the floor.
*A caution to anyone with the keyless chuck on the Milwaukee doing this kind of work -- be careful not to jam the blade, esp. with a thick "ax" blade. My chuck disintegrated when I did. The local shop was very nice about it and repaired it under warranty. No problems since. :)