Pry up the first few boards to give yourself room to work.
Take out hardwood floors.
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.
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If your hardwood flooring is still in good condition you may decide that it s worth keeping and putting to use elsewhere.
To successfully salvage hardwood you ll need to first saw one board straight down the middle along its length.
Cut one board in half lengthwise.
We had 3 different types of flooring on the main level of our home so we want to replace all of this mismatche.
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.