Hint! On how to remove floorboards without damage to others

[chromis]

I took a brick wall out which has left a gap in the jarrah floor boards.

I need to remove one whole damaged board and a half where the wall was. I don’t want to stuff up the tongue/groove in the neighbouring good boards. I have tried the gentle approach of levering them up but they wont budge.

They may have been glued together.

Any handy tips?

[journeyman Mick]

Use a circular saw and/or a jig saw to rip the guts out of the board (making sure not to cut into the joists), pry out the centre of the board and then just tap the remaining pieces out of their grooves/off the tongues.

Mick

[glock40sw]

[BigCal]

I Asked this myself sometimes back, see link below - complete with some excellent pictures of what to do...

http://woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=66616

[chromis]

Thanks Mick...Ripping the guts out and smashing stuff is what I'm good at, so I wont have a problem..

BigCal that was an excellent post...Cheers...