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Is there a machine that scrapes up glued down engineered wood floors?

Posted on 8/20/16 at 1:46 pm
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82755 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 1:46 pm
2500 square feet of glued wood floors, wondering if there is a machine I can rent to make the job a little easier
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted by Aristo
Colorado
Member since Jan 2007
13292 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 1:48 pm to
A walk behind sander, but might gum it up.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 1:49 pm to
Air chisel? It's still labor intensive.
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19183 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 1:49 pm to
Home Depot rents a pro scraper walk behind.

Problem is they all rented out
Posted by Apache
San Diego
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Posted by KosmoCramer
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Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
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Posted by whit
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
11079 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 1:54 pm to
Yes. People are charging $3 sqft to scrape your floor with it.
Posted by Gevans17
Member since Dec 2007
1135 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 1:54 pm to
this is the reason i went back with a floating wood floor instead of glue down
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80723 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 1:55 pm to
I was reading that it's best to cut the floor into 1ft squares using a circular saw to make removal easier if you're going the sledgehammer pry bar route. That seemed to make sense.

If you do that, be careful to only cut the thickness of the flooring so you don't damage the sub floor.
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 8/20/16 at 2:08 pm to
jesus

LINK
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 8/20/16 at 2:17 pm to
LINK and a big air compressor
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82755 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 2:29 pm to
Thanks, I've been calling every tool rental place open and I get laughed at when I ask if they have a floor scraper available
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
42588 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 2:33 pm to
This will not do wood floors.
Posted by blueboxer1119
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2013
9861 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 2:37 pm to
I just did this. Manually ripped them all up, then rented a big floor buffer from HD.

Put a diamond blade on the bottom of the buffer (they rent those too), and it scrapes up that gummy glue.
Posted by OldManRiver
Prairieville, LA
Member since Jan 2005
7718 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 2:54 pm to
quote:

was reading that it's best to cut the floor into 1ft squares using a circular saw to make removal easier

If you do this, and you wish to salvage anything else in the room the floors are in, I highly recommend a skill saw with a dust port and bag. Otherwise you'll have sawdust covering everything
Posted by LSUsmartass
Scompton
Member since Sep 2004
82755 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 3:06 pm to
Would love to have that, so far no luck finding any in stock
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23345 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 4:32 pm to
Someone on the Outdoor board was willing to lend it out starting tomorrow, look there. I think it was Django
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
19317 posts
Posted on 8/20/16 at 4:33 pm to
yes it will
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