Cutting Out Hardwood Floor

Install the rest of the floor as you normally would fitting the pieces into the frame as you go.

Cutting out hardwood floor.

Our flooring is about 3 4 inches thick so i set the blade depth about 3 4 inches deep so that the blade cut through the hardwood floors without cutting into the plywood subfloor. 1 set the circular saw to cut 1 16 inch deeper than the depth of the damaged floorboards. Because we re throwing out this old flooring we weren t picky about where we made our cuts. And in the broadest sense using a saw blade with fine teeth rated to cut wood laminate floors will give you a better looking cut that one with less teeth as a general reference.

Most toe kick saws cut to a maximum depth of 3 4 inches which is just enough for solid hardwood flooring. Hardwood flooring makes a welcome addition to any home but it can be daunting to deal with once it s time to remove or replace it. Cutting out and replacing damaged hardwood floor planks just takes a bit of elbow grease time and the right set of tools anyone can do it. Removing damaged planks takes a bit of effort but new tongue and groove flooring installs in a snap.

Adjust the cutting depth of a toe kick saw to the thickness of the flooring. After removing two sections of partition wall i needed to patch the hardwood i decided to run two courses of tongue and groove perpendicular to the exis. Be mindful that by wood flooring in this post i am referring to cutting trimming solid hardwood engineered floating click lock and laminate based flooring systems. Stripping hardwood flooring the wrong way can cost you hours of backbreaking work leave you with an enormous mess and even cause permanent damage to your subflooring.

Cut off the tongue if it is on the edge that meets the obstruction.