Best way to lift plywood with Adhesive on top

[bigandy]

howard are you re tiling afterwards?if so i really would nt be bothered about any damage esp if the screws were nt long enough to penetrate the floorboards properly.
i would also take a circular saw along to help chop up the board to help make transportation easier.

is this the same job from earlier posts?is it has anything to do with TM(bolton)? i will gladly go look at it with you. As i know they will tell her my credentials.

Sorry if i am jumping the gun Howard. i think this is a job Howard has had a problem with before (previous posts about uncoupling membrane) and is having to rip up and make good but i beleive she is watching his every movement.(sorry if i am wrong pal)

 

[doug boardley]

could use a circular saw set to depth of ply to cut into manageable lengths, then use jemmy bar, watch out for screws when using circular saw tho'!

 

[Alberta Stone]

watch out for screws when using circular saw tho'!

I have an old blade that I use for situations like that so then it doesn't matter if you hit a screw or two, plus going through old thinset you don't want to use a new blade anyway.

If I damage the floorboards this women will want new ones shes very picky

I have worked for some very picky people before and I can assure you, if you handle it right you will have no problem.
You are not going to damage the boards much in any case.
Depending on the screw if you give it a couple of side to side smacks with a hammer it will snap off and if any bit is still sticking up you hit it down into the wood.
Face it, you are going to do some damage, albeit minimal, nicks and gouges and a few splinters and whatnot, but you cannot have bloodless surgery.
Really....it is a ripout.
I have had a few ripouts where I judged the subfloor to be dodgy in a few spots and I replaced it, it is not hard, and even if (doubtful, but) you were to damage a piece enough to warrant it being replaced I would let the customer know that they would have to pay for a new piece as it is a ripout and you cannot be held responsible for it's integrity. Sure you take care, but old crap sometimes has seen better days and is worn out and just falls apart.
If she wants you to be so picky and hand unscrew it and please don't dent or nick it.....the price of that ripout just doubled.

You still haven't said what the floorboards are made of either?????????????

 

[bathroomboy]

Took my floor up today, I put this down 15 yrs go and boy did I do a good job of it, 12m/m ply screwed at 8inch centres, just knocked solid brick partition wall down and not one tile cracked on the floor.
It was an absolute pig to get up, levered one large section up approx 6x4 and carried out in one piece, most of the tiles on the ply still intact, damaged a few floorboards in the process but doesn't matter as it's coming up anyway and being replaced with 18m/m wbf.

 

[pendleh]

Hi Guys

Lifted the floor. Took two people a day to lift 4m2. Had to hammer chisel the tiles and then the adhesive over the boards to reveal screws. Angle grinded the screws then lifted the ply. Job done thanks to everyone!

Best Wishes

Howard

 

[Alan.P]

Pleased you got sorted out, thanks for letting us know, sounds like a whole lot of pain, 2 blokes :dizzy2: