Snap lock flooring is regarded as one of the best floating floor that does not touch a subfloor immediately but usually rests on top of underlayment. As soon as all the boards are secured together, the floor plays a role just like a unit, enlarging and shrinking together. Due to this reason, almost all the snap lock flooring is engineered hardwood. One of the best things about the snap lock floors is that you can install it very easily especially those people who do not have a tool knowledge and access to equipment. In addition to installing it easily, snap lock floating floors are also extremely easy to dismantle, which in turn makes it even more perfect for your subfloors. The basic general-principle is that you simply reverse the whole process and go through the installation in order to get rid of the existing floor and expose whatever is under the floor.
Step By Step Instructions For Removing Snap Lock Flooring
It is an extremely easy process to remove snap lock flooring provided you follow the right technique & use the right tools. In order to do so, you simply need to go through the below-mentioned steps carefully & achieve the desired result of your work:
- Remove The Baseboard Trim First of all, you need to get rid of the baseboard trim throughout the entire boundary of the room. In order to retrieve or preserve the trim, put in the tip of the pry bar in the back of a piece of trim and smoothly pry it outward. Tap on the end of the pry bar firmly, if needed, in order to move it carefully into place in the back of a trim piece.
- Investigation: Now, investigate the walls that the installation is parallel with in order to find out the wall where the installation ended. Also, investigate the prolonged edge of the flooring material to know this. The strips are usually intended to be snapped together, and the last row will have the channeling used in order to lock two pieces together noticeable as soon as the trim is removed.
- Pry The Corner Piece Of The Snap-lock Floor: Next, begin in a corner across the wall where the installation finished. With the help of your fingers or the pry bar, smoothly pry the snap-lock flooring corner piece up as well as away from the subfloor. Pry upward steadily & at the same time push the piece away from the adjoining pieces and toward the wall. It should break apart easily, however, if not you can move about quickly from side to side or up and down in order to break it free from the snap-together tabs.
- Separate Planks From A Row: Now, separate the complete first row from the rest of the floor, with the help of your hands and pry bar. Then, turn over the first row bottom up in order to easily separate individual planks from a row.
- Repeat The Process: Keep performing the same process for each subsequent row, disengaging an entire row before you try to dismantle singular pieces, and working your way back row by row as long as you are finished.