Here is my problem. About 200sf of wood floor glued and occasionally nailed to a wood subfloor. I want to remove the wood floor to install tile. I spent about 45 min getting started with a hammer and pry bar and not only didn't make it very far but I also managed to damage the subfloor in some places.
Google recommended a walk-behind floor scrapper. I called all the rental places around and no one has one (Grand Rapids).
The next "best" suggestion I read was cutting through the wood (not into the subfloor) with a circular saw perpendicular to the planks every 6" or so, then using a heat gun to weaken the glue while using a prybar and hammer.
I will spend ~20+ hours on my knees with a heat gun and prybar if I have to, but anyone have any more efficient/smarter ideas for removing this? Paying someone is not in the budget.
2 images of where I ended last night. The first shows where I damaged the subfloor with the prybar and where strips of subfloor are being pulled up with the glue. The second shows places where the bottom layer of wood flooring are really stuck to the subfloor around the register.
Submitted April 29, 2016 at 09:29PM by clocks212 http://ift.tt/24pswLL
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