How To Lift Wooden Floorboards

This expansion and contraction process is entirely normal.

How to lift wooden floorboards.

Laminate flooring is a common choice for homeowners since it is durable comes in many variations of hues and textures and is inexpensive for high traffic areas. Lifting floor boards is often required when doing diy here we demonstrate an easy way to lift floor boards so that they can be replaced with the minimum of. Solid wood flooring takes in moisture when there is a high level of humidity in the air and then the flooring lets that moisture go when the humidity in the atmosphere reduces again. We show you how to lift up your old boards so you can use them again.

Being able to lift one or more wooden floorboards safely and without fear of damaging the floor or anything underneath is a very useful skill for any home owner. You will also see what tools you can use to make the job a little easier. Sometimes you want to keep old floorboards when you remove them. Low or reducing humidity causes the wood to contract again.

When hardwood flooring boards get wet they swell and because they are wedged tightly together and have nowhere to go the edges or middles lift and curl. If you can get the whole board you want out cleared you can then just lift it out with a couple of jemmys prybars or my favourite catspaws. Although sealed with a protective coating hardwood floors can still absorb moisture. There are several diy jobs might require you to lift one or more floorboards as well as several possible emergencies.

Or more which you won t find at a big box store. Typically when hardwood flooring is installed there should some allowance given for this movement. Continue to step by step instructions. Lifting often occurs due to improper installation of your flooring or because of excess.

The plumbing was fine but what they did to my floorboards grrrrrr. Wood is a porous material that expands and contracts naturally depending on the humidity levels in the air around it. My approach is to use a cordless and hence thin kerf circular saw set to just split the tongues off where you want to lift.