Removing Parquet Flooring Forum

We are trying to remove an old wooden parquet floor from the kitchen floor.

Removing parquet flooring forum.

Step 3 clean up. Sweep up and remove all dirt and debris left on the floor. We have been trying to chisel it up with hammers wide putty knives pry bar and the problem is the glue is so strong that the wood is just breaking. To loosen the tile you have to apply some force and high frequency vibration.

After loosening and removing parquet blocks you may find a residue of bitumen or glue remaining on the floor beneath it. I feel like i tried. I am trying to remove wood parquet floor tiles. Removing parquet on wood sub floors is likely to be the most time consuming and troubling.

The flooring was glued down to the plywood in squares like tile and looks like its been there about 25 years. If flooring beneath the parquet is concrete use a grinder to remove the bitumen that remains adhered to it. They have been glued down with a dark gray glue onto a concrete subfloor. One of the reasons i wanted to do a post on this topic regards my frustration in finding helpful information that was specific to parquet floor adhesive removal especially when you re on top of a wood sub floor rather than concrete.

Parquet floor adhesive query ppeetteerr oct 2 2020 at 9 20 am. Removing parquet flooring discussion in general diy started by jeffrey123 3 jun 2003. You will find fitters from your local area more than willing to help. It is pretty easy to remove the parquet from the concrete floor especially comparing to plywood removal.

Vibrating machine or electric jackhammer. Some of the floor is coming up ok but most of it is breaking into pieces and just not wanting to. This topic originated from the how to page called wood block parquet floors. I bought a floor chisel at home depot and am using a 3 or 5 lb sledge.

The next phase of removing the leftover floor adhesive glue was truly a bear. How to remove parquet flooring from concrete.