How To Lift Wooden Floorboards

When humidity is high the wood expands.

How to lift wooden floorboards.

The plumbing was fine but what they did to my floorboards grrrrrr. Lifting often occurs due to improper installation of your flooring or because of excess. 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. Sometimes you want to keep old floorboards when you remove them.

Low or reducing humidity causes the wood to contract again. Although sealed with a protective coating hardwood floors can still absorb moisture. You will also see what tools you can use to make the job a little easier. Or more which you won t find at a big box store.

There are several diy jobs might require you to lift one or more floorboards as well as several possible emergencies. Your laminate can be removed so you can easily move on to your new and improved flooring choice. Old growth wood typically douglas fir oak and maple has higher density and fewer defects than new wood and often comes in lengths of 12 ft. 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.

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. 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. Continue to step by step instructions. Wood is a porous material that expands and contracts naturally depending on the humidity levels in the air around it.

Typically when hardwood flooring is installed there should some allowance given for this movement. We show you how to lift up your old boards so you can use them 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.