RE: Floorboards

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Only effective if you want to turn your floorboards into splinters...

Note Alans comment though about T&G boards...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Butler [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 December 2001 01:03
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Floorboards
>
>
> So blundering about with a claw hammer and a screwdriver
> probably *isn't* the best way to go about it? :-)
>
> Guess I'll be buying some bolster chisels tomorrow then.
>
> G
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 11:38 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Floorboards
>
>
> > Usual method is to use (at least) a pair of bolster chisels
> ... Wallop
> > them down between the boards either side of the board to be
lifted
> > near the end. Prise the two chisels outwards lifting the
> board at the
> > end ... Repeat along the length of the board ... This should
slowly
> > "walk" the board free.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Graham Butler [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 23 December 2001 23:32
> > > To: UKHA_D
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Floorboards
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone got any tips on how to get these up in one piece?
> They tend
> > > to be nailed to at least 3 or more joists, ie one in the
> middle as
> > > well as the ends, and it's proving rather a pain getting
them up.
> > > There was a half-sized board not nailed, for access to
> some existing
> > > cabling, which has provided me with a starting point, but
> it's still
> > > a real pain.
> > >
> > > G
> > >
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