Our flooring is about 3 4 inches thick so i set the blade depth about 3 4 inches deep so that the blade cut through the hardwood floors without cutting into the plywood subfloor.
Easy ways to remove staples from oak floors.
Learn the easy way to remove your old flooring.
Long handled scrapers cost about 30 at home centers.
Hold the tool at about a 45 degree angle and slide it forcefully along the floor.
So here s what you need to remove carpet staples the easy way.
On a concrete floor the pad is glued in place so big chunks of pad will remain stuck to the floor.
If you are remodeling an old house you know the headache of old linoleum flooring.
A heavy duty office stapler.
For the affordable price tag we felt like it was worth a try.
But i found that the ease and speed of removing staples using the hook blade out weighs a slower method of prying them out with a screw driver or other tools.
It is glued down to the subfloor and can be such a pain to remove.
Here s an easy way to remove all the staples from the plywood after you take out an old floor.
However sometimes the staples will snap in two and must be pulled out with pliers.
Is it wise to put good quality oak hardwood flooring in a front entrance 9 x 7 5 and up the 7 stairs to the main level.
To remove them use a floor scraper.
Cut the pad into strips and roll it up just as you did with the carpet.
We were trying to keep some.
We have very expensive tile on the floors now and carpeting on the stairs and main floor.
First set the blade depth on your circular saw.
There was a product review that described using an office style staple remover for hardwood floors and carpet staples.
Don t get me wrong it s still time consuming and awful but t.
Removing the staples left behind was a multi day endeavor that resulted in the extraction of 1lb 6oz of staples and the lose of use of my right.
Instead they ve developed a smart efficient way to remove staples with a shovel or long handled floor scraper.
Flooring installers don t use a cat s paw to remove staples after old carpet has been removed there are just too many of them.
What is the easiest way to remove u shape staples from salvaged hardwood flooring.