On Apr 6, 9:05*pm, aemeijers wrote:
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:50:53 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Apr 6, 5:46?pm, Heathcliff wrote:
On Apr 6, 7:07?am, ls02 wrote:

I am doing a major remodel of my house. I want to disassemble existing
hardwood floor and re-install it after remodeling. The hardwood is
solid oak sanded and finished after installation. I will sand and
refinish it after re-installation. How practical and economical is
this?
If it's tongue and groove flooring, which it probably is, and
installed properly (angle nailed to each joist), taking it up without
major damage to it is hard to do. ?I would look really hard for some
other way, before trying that. ?--H
the amount of damage done to remove the old floor makes it a loser
project. bettewr to start new, ands end up with a good job.

rather than a killer amount of work, ands at best so so results

I had to pull up just a little, wouldnt ever consider doing a large
area

I've seen some pretty impressive reclaimed industrial wood floors. *It's
expensive and is really done for the looks rather than the wood. *

Aren't industrial floors usually face-nailed? Those are a whole lot
easier to pull up and recycle versus tongue-nailed. (Like the difference
between damn near impossible, and merely a horrendous PITA.) Either way,
you can count on destroying a good fraction of the boards. Usual
practice is to leave old floor in place, and creatively weave in new
boards or an artistic inlay, in the areas where floor had to be
disturbed. If a room is simply getting bigger, you add a wood stripe at
the transition, and go ahead and lay new floor. It is what it is, and
people can always tell when walls have moved.

You're probably right. I once knew where they were ripping up an old
bowling alley. I would have loved to get my hands on some of the
Maple boards, but the guy doing the work told me to forget it. They
always destroyed it getting it up.