If necessary go over the area again with a vacuum or mop to clear away any especially fine dust remaining.
Tearing up hardwood floors.
Removing hardwood floors in one of the houses we renovated.
You can cut each section into approximately one to two feet wide portions.
We used several techniques that we found very uncomfortable.
Then we came up with this one which.
Alternatively use a circular saw with a carbide tooth blade to make a plunge cut along the length of the sacrificial board and use a pry.
So cutting them into smaller pieces of wood makes it easier to pry up.
Take down the tarps roll them up carefully and move them outside to be cleaned or thrown away.
Cut the hardwood flooring perpendicular to the direction the flooring is lying.
Make sure to set your saw blade to the thickness of your hardwood flooring so as to not damage the sub flooring.
Okay so the fastest way to remove old hardwood floors is to cut the boards into smaller sections.
This is helpful because hardwood planks are all different lengths and make it really tough to remove quickly.