Removing Parquet Flooring From Plywood

There are two main subfloor materials plywood and concrete and two separate instruction for each of them.

Removing parquet flooring from plywood.

The tiles cannot support nails or screws used in installing tiles or plywood for a new floor covering. Removing parquet from different subfloor surfaces. A minimum layer of 5 8 plywood is preferred so the fasteners have enough material to bite and hold into. How to remove a plywood subfloor.

Or you can take one of those metal rods that have a flattened head that are used to break up ice on. Actually removing the old parquet tiles for the most part wasn t too bad. Yes quite a bit of work not to mention mess and inconvenience. The ideal solution if the removal causes problems with sub floor damage is removing everything down to the floor joists and install a new plywood sub floor.

It s ideal to wear sturdy work gloves and also use hearing protection to safeguard your hands and ears. It s not uncommon for. My favorite tool for that phase came from lowes a kobalt 44 inch l forged ice scraper. If your floor is squeaking mercilessly feels spongy under your feet or is obviously sagging you may need to replace the plywood subfloor.

This may be tile or stone. If flooring beneath the parquet is concrete use a grinder to remove the bitumen that remains adhered to it. Always use eye protection and a dust mask when removing tile or stone. I ve taken up parquet flooring before and each of the five fingers in each square will pop out if you hit them with a hammer and a chisel crowbar.

Remove parquet floor tiles on top of concrete slabs before installing any other floor covering. Step 3 clean up. The procedure of parquet removing depends significantly on the subfloor types. The first step in removing thinset from plywood underlayment is to remove the upper flooring layer.

I could usually ram that ice scraper under one or two parquet tiles at a time and the parquet would either go flying up and away or i d at least get a good start on.