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Floorboards cutting or lifting ? olo 06-04-2007
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Posted by dpb on June 5, 2007, 1:27 pm
...

> Right I see. Sorry perhaps I should have mentioned at the beginning. I
> will carpet over floorboards so I am not particularly worried about
> cosmetics - I was worried about structural stability, squeaking,
> other ...
...

Then it don't matter -- I was assuming the question was how to do so w/
o ruining the existing flooring. Since it's not, take the sawzall and
go at it...you can always just lay subfloor down in it's place and
don't even need to worry about salvaging the old floor unless you have
some other use for it. Although actually, setting a carbide
construction blade at the flooring thickness and a few judicious cuts
as you first mentioned is the more surgical approach that I would
actually recommend... :)

_BUT_, given the no other convenient access problem, I'd use screws
instead of nails to fasten the new down so that worst comes to worst
you can roll back the carpet and get access relatively easily if ever
need repair.

And, of course, don't forget to tie things down to avoid vibration
noises and then insulate before closing back up...

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Posted by olo on June 6, 2007, 6:49 am
> I was assuming the question was how to do so w/o ruining the existing
> flooring. Since it's not, take the sawzall and go at it...

yes - was looking for this answer!

> setting a carbide construction blade at the flooring thickness and a few
> judicious cuts as you first mentioned is the more surgical approach that
> I would actually recommend... :)

will do exactly that!

> _BUT_, given the no other convenient access problem,
> I'd use screws instead of nails to fasten the new down so that worst comes to
> worst you can roll back the carpet and get access relatively easily if ever
> need repair.

will use screws

many thanks for you advice - I know what I'm doing now ...

much appreciated,
Mike


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